The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Lethal UV radiation pulse from space played important role in Earth’s biggest mass extinction event – study

Radiation may have made plants less easily digestible, creating even more hostile environment for herbivores, study says

The Independent UK · Jan 17, 2023

Scientists unearth megaraptors, feathered dinosaur fossils in Chile's Patagonia

Scientists in Chile's Patagonia region are unearthing the southernmost dinosaur fossils recorded outside Antarctica, including remains of megaraptors that would have dominated the area's food chain before their mass extinction.

Reuters · Jan 16, 2023

Rishi Sunak accused of trying to pass 'pointless' new laws to curb disruptive protests

Labour leader Keir Starmer said police already have the powers to tackle groups like Just Stop Oil and Extinction Rebellion, and called on No10 to talk to chief constables to clarify what they can do

Daily Mirror · Jan 16, 2023

Saving Uluru's mala wallaby population sparks calls for greater efforts to tackle extinction crisis

Parks Australia staff have worked with Indigenous rangers and Anangu traditional owners to help save the rare mala wallaby from extinction.

ABC News · Jan 10, 2023

Traded biodiversity 'credits' are key to Labor's environmental plans, but critics are not convinced

A market where koala credits are traded is now central to the federal Labor government's plan for halting Australia's extinction crisis, but critics are not convinced that demand is strong enough to make a serious impact on the environment.

ABC News · Jan 9, 2023

‘Sunscreen’ in ancient pollen ‘points to mass extinction caused by UV radiation’

Experts analysed pollen from 250 million years ago, around the time when close to 80% of the planet’s species disappeared.

The Independent UK · Jan 6, 2023

Extinction Rebellion says 'we quit' – why radical eco-activism has a short shelf life

The protest group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has released a statement with the clickbait headline “We Quit”. Dashing the hopes of climate denialists everywhere, the group is not shutting up shop (yet), it is merely changing tactics. XR is keeping its options open, saying there is “a controversial resolution to temporarily…

The Conversation · Jan 6, 2023

California’s endangered salmon population plummets amid new threat

They’ve been pushed to the brink of extinction by dams, drought, extreme heat and even the flare of wildfires, but now California’s endangered winter-run Chinook salmon appear to be facing an entirely new threat — their own ravenous hunger for anchovies.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023

Extinction Rebellion says members won't be gluing themselves to public places in 2023

The group says it is its 'new year's resolution'

Bristol Post · Jan 3, 2023

60 Minutes Promotes Paul Ehrlich's Failed Doomsaying One More Time

The Population Bomber has never been right, but is never in doubt that the world is coming to its end.

Reason · Jan 3, 2023