The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

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.

The GLA Conservatives have urged Sadiq Khan to step in and prevent Extinction Rebellion’s planned occupation of Hyde Park next month.

The protest will feature activists lying on the ground outside St Giles Cathedral, covered in white sheets, next to placards highlighting the causes of climate-related deaths

In July, the monarch butterfly was added by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to its red list of threatened species, a recognition that the insect’s continuing decline could lead to extinction. Though the monarch population increased 35% from December 2020 to December 2021, its numbers overall have been…

Groups assisting workers and migrants have faced violence and arbitrary arrest since February 2021 coup, report says.

While scientists are working on the de-extinction of the Tasmanian tiger in the lab, one bush walker in the Adelaide Hills has spotted a creature which she says shared a striking resemblance.

Frogs once lived alongside dinosaurs. About 45 million years ago, the North Sea covered half of Germany. It’s incredible to think these little creatures survived the dinosaurs’ extinction. But a lower level mass death did take place in what is now called the Geiseltal region in central Germany and the…

"Major shifts in global temperature can have dramatic and varying impacts on biodiversity."

Talk of bringing the thylacine back from extinction brought to mind an old story.

While de-extinction research may benefit conservation efforts overall, we shouldn’t have to rely on it to give a wildlife a future