The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

The orchid’s increasing population in Britain is a bright spot in otherwise ‘stark picture’ for British wild plants, the latest Red List shows.

Language continues to evolve at an increasingly rapid pace in the present day. Social media platforms and texting services create new slang words that become popular within a short period of time. The short-lived nature of new words in language makes them disappear as quickly as they emerge, but certain…

The animals were hunted to extinction in Scotland around 400 years ago.

Researchers have warned that the findings should not be used as a ‘carte blanche’ for destructive human behaviour.

This finding offers a fresh perspective ver whether dinosaur numbers were already in decline

Dating of rock formation in New Mexico casts doubt on theory that species was already in decline

They’re majestic and impossible to ignore — it’s no wonder elephants have inspired some of the most powerful advertising campaigns ever created.

The number of once-endangered green sea turtles has increased by 28 per cent since the 1970s, despite ‘persistent threats’ to their population.

The slender-billed curlew (Numenius tenuirostris) has been officially declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).