The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

It comes after a State of Nature report warned 16% of the UK’s wildlife species are at risk of extinction.

The UK is considered one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. This is not surprising given its history of early industrialisation and agricultural intensification.

Sixty-six million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. The patterns and causes of this extinction have been debated since palaeontology began. Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a sudden, unpredictable disaster?

Steven Spielberg executive produces new series, which dramatises five global extinction events

THE future of traditional single-width Harris Tweed weaving is under threat with some weavers worried it’s at risk of extinction.

An estimated 1 in 3 firefly species are endangered thanks to light pollution, habitat loss and pesticides

Deadly virus takes hold after failed eradication bid.

The 42 known species of the parasitic plant Rafflesia, known as the corpse flower, are endangered due to destruction of forest habitats

Between 1500 and 2022, two orders, 10 families, and 71 genera of animals went extinct thanks to humans