The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

A single, pregnant rodent floating on driftwood across the treacherous waters between Asia and New Guinea 8.5 million years ago may be behind the eventual colonisation of native rodents in Australia, our new research suggests.

Climate change activists padlock themselves to gates outside parliament, saying ‘we cannot afford to go on like this’.

Extinction Rebellion demanding a Citizen’s Assembly to tackle global warming

New paper issues ‘warning to humanity’ as it calls for urgent action to protect world’s 60,000 tree species

The native Australian rodent Pseudomys fumeus, named smoky mouse for its colour, was already fighting off extinction when the 2019–20 bushfire season hit.

Neanderthals have served as a reflection of our own humanity since they were first discovered in 1856. What we think we know about them has been shaped and moulded to fit our cultural trends, social norms and scientific standards. They have changed from diseased specimens to primitive sub-human lumbering cousins…

Once-in-a-decade plans to protect the natural world and halt its destruction will be decided in Canada in December

A survey of all native tree species in the contiguous U.S. exposes which threatened species aren't safeguarded against extinction and proved one species extant.

The iconic North American monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus plexippus was recently listed in the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species, signalling that its ongoing decline could lead to extinction. The compounding effects of habitat degradation, insufficient food and water and climate change have led to these dwindling numbers.