The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Forty years after California condors were on the brink of extinction, aggressive conservation efforts and breeding-in-captivity programs remain as essential as ever

The protest was the first of its kind as the group is part of the Extinction Rebellion collective gluing themselves to Las Majas.

For thousands of years, people in the British Isles lived with and depended on wild animals for food and clothes. The land teemed with species such as deer, boar, wolves, lynx and beavers. Then came farming, population growth and industrialisation. Many species were hunted to extinction and their habitats were…

The known population of the Yangtze giant softshell turtle is now just two males. Experts said that if the female had survived, she could have "laid a hundred eggs or more a year."

H5N1 bird flu may lead to extinction of species as data revealed by Guardian shows worst losses in decades

Africa is the world’s most diverse continent for large mammals such as antelopes, zebras and elephants. The heaviest of these large mammals top the scales at over one ton, and are referred to as megafauna. In fact, it’s the only continent that has not seen a mass extinction of these…

The star narrates an innovative, pedal-powered production that muses on the climate crisis but the wide range of topics limits the storytelling

It’s a Sin’s Lydia West brings vulnerability and likeability to her stage debut

A climate activist who climbed to the spire of Arts Centre Melbourne and unfurled a giant banner has been arrested and led away by police.