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Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants

Kew study reveals areas with at least 100,000 undiscovered plant species – most likely to be under threat of extinction

The Guardian - UK

Growing a ‘word forest’: the Kenyan teacher trying to save her language from extinction

The Yaaku people long ago assimilated with the majority Maasai, and few still speak Yaakunte, but there is a new determination to save their culture – and their forest – before it disappears

The Guardian - UK

Ancient DNA Brought the World’s Most Threatened Cat Species Back From the Brink of Extinction

One of the most severe cases of reduced genetic diversity is the Iberian lynx, once the world’s most threatened cat species.

Inverse

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‘You could single-handedly push it to extinction’: how social media is putting our rarest wildlife at risk

From breeding spots overrun by visitors to photographers disturbing endangered species, experts say the rarer the find is, the bigger the problem

The Guardian - UK

Human genome stored inside near-indestructible '5D memory crystal' that could survive to the end of the universe

The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, researchers say. But not everyone is convinced.

LiveScience

Pollen allergies drove woolly mammoths to extinction, study claims

A boom in vegetation at the end of the last ice age may have created so much pollen, it blocked mammoths' sense of smell. A new study suggests this drove the beasts to extinction, but not everyone agrees.

LiveScience

How did sharks become Earth's 'ultimate survivors'? Paleontologist John Long finds answers in new book 'The Secret History of Sharks'

"The Secret History of Sharks" author John Long met with Live Science to discuss his new book, recent revelations about megalodons, and how he got over his fear of great whites.

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Ancient DNA helped us uncover the Iberian lynx’s potential secret weapon against extinction

Many large mammals have lost genetic diversity, often thanks to the actions of people shrinking their populations. The implications can be severe because without genetic diversity, a population does not have a “genetic database” to fall back on to adapt to environmental change.

The Conversation

Unburnt wildlife refuge to be sacrificed for homes

A forested haven for species in danger of extinction will be turned into a housing estate after escaping the Black Summer bushfires.

AAP

Mass animal extinctions: our new tool can show why large mammals – like the topi – are in decline

We could be witnessing the sixth mass extinction at an alarming rate worldwide. It’s marked by the rapid loss of species due to human activities like habitat destruction, pollution and climate change. Unlike previous mass extinctions, which were caused by natural events, this one is driven by human impact –…

The Conversation

Shareholders test Coles, Woolies over extinction threat

Australia's supermarket duopoly is facing a double-barrelled shareholder challenge over fish farming threats to an ancient, imperilled species.

AAP

Volcano Were Blamed for the Greatest of Earth’s ‘Big Five’ Mass Extinctions — Scientists Might Have Been Wrong

A new study reveals that an El Niño weather pattern in the world’s major ocean added to climate chaos and led to extinctions spreading across the globe.

Inverse

Inside the new hospital wing saving Port Stephens koalas from extinction

'We have proven here beyond a doubt that we will deliver'.

Newcastle Herald

Coles rejects bid to help avoid ancient fish extinction

Coles shareholders have been told the supermarket giant won't support their efforts to protect an ancient, imperilled species from the effects of fish farming.

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The Independent UK

Scientists store human genome on crystal which can last billions of years

The University of Southampton team hopes the data could be used to bring humans back from extinction in the future.

The Conversation

Small populations of Stone Age people drove dwarf hippos and elephants to extinction on Cyprus

Imagine growing up beside the eastern Mediterranean Sea 14,000 years ago. You’re an accomplished sailor of the small watercraft you and your fellow villagers make, and you live off both the sea and the land.

The Independent UK

Dwarf hippos and elephants in Cyprus ‘driven to extinction by just 3,000 people’

Both animals disappeared within a century after hunter-gatherers arrived, scientists say.

The Conversation

Earth’s greatest mass extinction 250 million years ago shows what happens when El Niño gets out of control – new study

Around 252 million years ago, the world suddenly heated up. Over a geologically brief period of tens of thousands of years, 90% of species were wiped out. Even insects, which are rarely touched by such events, suffered catastrophic losses. The Permian-Triassic mass extinction, as it’s known, was the greatest of…

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How the west’s wellness industry is driving Ethiopia’s frankincense trees towards extinction

As rich westerners fuel demand for the ancient fragrance, a lucrative race for the resin is killing the trees but leaving little of the trade’s profit for those gathering it

The Conversation

‘An ideas novel that’s not boring’: Rachel Kushner’s revolutionary spy novel reflects on our hurtle towards extinction

Rachel Kushner ranks among the finest novelists working today.

LiveScience

'Mega' El Niño may have fueled Earth's biggest mass extinction

Volcanoes spewing carbon dioxide 250 million years ago heated the climate so much that extreme El Niño events became the norm, pushing most life on Earth past its limits.

LiveScience

1st tardigrade fossils ever discovered hint at how they survived Earth's biggest mass extinction

Detailed 3D images of the first tardigrade fossils ever discovered help scientists predict when tardigrades evolved their near-indestructibility — a trait that might have helped them survive multiple mass extinctions.

The Guardian - UK

Europe saved its predators from the brink of extinction. So why is it killing thousands of bears, wolves and lynx?

With Sweden issuing permits to kill a fifth of its bears, and Romanian MPs voting to double its quota, the debate over hunting season has become a political issue

AAP

Fears skate extinction will damage Tasmania's image

Tasmanian businesses have formed a new group to campaign for the salvation of an ancient fish, fearing its demise could cost them dearly.

Reason

We Still Live in the Physical World

The digital world has not effaced our humanity, no matter what social critics like Christine Rosen say.

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