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Declining primate numbers are threatening Brazil's Atlantic forest

We tend to think of debt as purely financial, but we can also reap what we sow in the natural world through what is known as extinction debt. This concept refers to changes in the past that affect a species’ survival in the future.

The Conversation

Key Factor In Saving Elephants From Extinction Discovered

Researchers say areas should be connected to allow populations to stabilize naturally.

Zenger

Do the Golden Globes still matter?

Back from the brink of extinction, the Golden Globes returns this month to declare awards season open – but would Hollywood rather look the other way?

The Guardian - UK

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Africa's Large Birds Of Prey Facing 'Extinction Crisis': Study

The flamboyantly plumed Secretary Bird and the serpent-catching Snake Eagle are among dozens of Africa's large birds of prey facing a human-driven "extinction crisis" researchers said on Thursday.

International Business Times

Pine martens return from brink of extinction in southern England

First proof of breeding in New Forest found, four years after animal was reintroduced in Gloucestershire

The Independent UK

Rare sighting of tiger and cubs raises hopes for species in Thailand

Cameras capture 120 tigers in year to April 2023, but extinction risk remains in neighbouring countries

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists from Extinction Rebellion have blocked part of the highway around Amsterdam

Climate activists have blocked part of the main highway around Amsterdam near the former headquarters of ING bank

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Most money for endangered species goes to a small number of creatures, leaving others in limbo

Since passage of the Endangered Species Act 50 years ago, more than 1,700 plants, mammals, fish, insects and other species in the U.S. have been listed as threatened or endangered with extinction

The Independent UK

Climate Crisis Threatens Iconic Champagne Grapes, Extinction Imminent

Cheers to champagne while you still can! Climate change threatens the existence of the grapes used in this bubbly delight. Say 'hooray!' before it's too late.

Top News

Urgent plan to save red handfish from extinction

Scientists will relocate critically endangered red handfish to a Tasmanian facility to save the species from extinction during forecast marine heatwaves.

AAP

Decline Of Insects Causing Flowers To Evolve To Self-fertilize

Scientists warn that changing this way to survive could prove to be the plants' downfall and eventually lead to their extinction.

Zenger

Poisonous gas wave may have snuffed out half of all sea life in Earth's 1st mass extinction

About 510 million years ago, a deadly combination of low oxygen and surging hydrogen sulfide may have been what decimated 45% of all ocean life.

LiveScience

Human-driven extinction of bird species twice as high as thought, study says

About 12% of birds have died out as result of human activity in past 120,000 years, say scientists

The Guardian - UK

‘Common Ground’ shows power of film to drive change, for environment’s sake

The documentary offers hope at a time when environmental degradation, the climate crisis, the extinction crisis and threats to our natural resources are making us cynical.

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The Guardian - UK

XR co-founder who broke window at HS2 protest given suspended sentence

Dr Gail Bradbrook found guilty of criminal damage to Department for Transport building in 2019

Zenger

Chester Zoo Welcomes Rare Parrot Chicks In Bid To Save Endangered Species

Rare parrots on the brink of extinction find hope as two chicks hatch at Chester Zoo

International Business Times

Freshwater Fish Swim Into Trouble As Climate Change Increases Threat: IUCN

A quarter of freshwater fish species worldwide are at risk of extinction, according to an update to the global red list of threatened species on Monday, highlighting the escalating impacts of human-caused climate change on the planet's wildlife.

The Guardian - UK

Quarter of world’s freshwater fish at risk of extinction, according to assessment

Global heating, pollution, overfishing and falling water levels among factors hitting populations, finds IUCN red list study

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Flu kills hundreds of elephant seals

“If the virus reaches those populations, they are in threat of extinction," one expert told New Scientist

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: heatwave warnings across Australia; Coles caught raising prices on ‘locked items’; and Nick Kyrgios joins OnlyFans

Almost 20 schools closed in western parts of New South Wales as SA fire service warns of ‘unprecedented fire conditions’

The Guardian - UK

VIP passengers: the five black rhinos flown 2,700 miles on a mission to repopulate Chad

When they last tried to relocate this critically endangered species, only two females survived. Have conservationists learned enough to end a 40-year local extinction?

Marie Claire

As new stats show that green jobs are on the rise - we speak to two women who swapped corporate lives for sustainable careers

Pippi Durie and Amy Luck quit their city jobs to devote their lives to environmental passion projects – and urge us to follow their new pollution-free paths

The Guardian - US

On the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act, a threat looms

The act is believed to have saved 99% of listed species from extinction, but rightwing lawmakers are chipping away at it

Texas Observer

Going Extinct in Texas

The path to getting a species declared extinct is longer than you might think. From Fall 2023 Fellow Paula Levihn-Coon.

The Independent UK

In the Amazon, Indigenous women bring a tiny tribe back from the brink of extinction

Until recently, the Juma seemed destined to disappear like countless other Amazon tribes decimated by the European invasion

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