The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Interrogating the delay to address our inadequate environment laws, what was originally promised, and why the government seems to be dragging its feet.

The shihuahuaco tree is one of the giants of the Amazon rainforest, reaching heights of up to 60 metres. But it is coveted for its hardwood, one of the most precious and sought-after types of wood in the world. Peru exports it to China, but also to Europe and in…

Tanya Plibersek says two new agencies will be established but a commitment to rewrite national environment laws has been pushed back

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

Alliance says there’s not enough ambition in proposed laws to prevent extinctions, as promised by the environment minister

A large extinction in the midst of the expansion of life during the Cambrian period was caused by the tectonics of a supercontinent, new research argues.

Millions of years ago, animals adapted to become warm-blooded amid huge climactic changes. Now scientists hope these clues from the past could help us understand what lies ahead

Bombus sylvarum is now found in only a few pockets as intensive farming destroys UK wildflower habitats

Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals