The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

In today’s newsletter: A stunning new report lays bare the threats to British wildlife’s biodiversity, however all is not lost

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

Extreme temperatures, radiation and collapse of food supply created by merging of continents would cause mass extinction

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