The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

As spring phases into summer in North America, with trees flowering and birds migrating, nature seems abundant. In fact, however, the Earth is losing animals, birds, reptiles and other living things so fast that some scientists believe the planet is entering the sixth mass extinction in its history.

Ancient great white sharks could have driven their massive megalodon cousins into extinction by stealing their prey, a new study has revealed.

Rising seas choked the flora on the tiny mammals’ island habitat, and in just a few years they were gone

It had 276 teeth and grew longer than a bus. So why did the world's biggest shark die out about 4 million years ago?

The Blue Mountains of Jamaica are frequently covered in a dense blanket of cloud, but when it lifts the first thing you notice is the cloak of forest extending up their steep slopes to the top of the highest peaks. As you walk up through these trees you encounter an…

Climate change is driving ­puffin populations to a catastrophic low and they're threatened with extinction as extreme weather affects their food supplies

Foot-dragging over a toxic threat to dolphins might relate to NZ’s sacred cow of pets – cats

Time is running out to save 58 resident species, Butterfly Conservation warns

The insects face an uncertain future due to climate change and nitrogen pollution

Scientists hope Albanese government addresses extinction crisis as new research shows 63 vertebrates face annihilation by 2041

As the saying goes: “extinction is forever.” The list of extinct animals, like Steller’s sea cow, the Tasmanian wolf and the dodo, is depressing. And despite various efforts, extinction seems final.