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'Sea monsters' were real millions of years ago. New fossils tell about their rise and fall

Sixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They were mosasaurs, huge marine lizards that lived at the same time as the last dinosaurs. Growing up to 12 metres long, mosasaurs looked like a Komodo dragon with flippers and a shark-like tail. They were also wildly diverse, evolving dozens…

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‘Show us the money,’ environment groups say after Labor sets goal of preventing any new extinctions

Advocates deride $224.5m funding pledge given one study suggests $2bn a year needed to recover 2,000 threatened plants, animals and ecological communities

The Guardian - AU

Australia targets zero-extinction with promise to conserve land

Government says it will aim to conserve 30 percent of Australia’s land mass in attempt to protect its unique wildlife.

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‘No More Extinctions’: Labor Pledges To Protect Threatened Species With New Action Plan

The Federal Government has launched a new threatened species action plan with the ambitious goal to stop further extinctions in Australia.

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Mini Noah's arks to save species

A government action plan that aims to prevent the loss of any more Australian species will focus on an initial list of 110 priority species and 20 places.

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Banks raise interest rates in response to RBA – as it happened

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Federal government pledges 30pc of all land for conservation to protect threatened species

The federal government will reserve 30 per cent of land for conservation to improve biodiversity and set a goal of no new extinctions in an overhaul of its threatened species action plan.

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A deadly disease has driven 7 Australian frogs to extinction – but this endangered frog is fighting back

Environmental scientists see flora, fauna and phenomena the rest of us rarely do. In this series, we’ve invited them to share their unique photos from the field.

The Conversation

Olympian among Extinction Rebellion activists who deny tampering with oil tanker

The alleged incident took place on April 16 this year.

The Independent UK

The peregrine falcon's 'remarkable' resurgence coming back from near extinction

The peregrine falcon is likely to have its conservation status upgraded from rare to secure in South Australia, with experts crediting its comeback from near extinction to an ability to adapt to city living.

ABC News

Edinburgh environmentalists stage protest from Princes Street to Scottish Parliament

Making their way from Princes Street to the Scottish Parliament, activists carried out a series of statements as the country's energy price cap rose to a record high.

Edinburgh Live

Thousands turn out for nationwide protests against cost of living crisis

Demonstrators take to the streets in cities from Plymouth to Glasgow

The Independent UK

Extinction Rebellion protesters bring central London to a halt as activists block Westminster Bridge

Hundreds of protesters from groups Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil have marched on Westminster and brought traffic to a standstill on a day of protests across the UK

Daily Mirror

Cop15 is an opportunity to save nature. We can’t afford another decade of failure

Ahead of the UN biodiversity conference, our reporter reflects on lessons of hope and change in three years reporting with the Guardian’s age of extinction team

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Daily Record

What is the Capercaillie? The iconic Scottish bird 'at risk of extinction'

The striking Scottish bird is one of the most recognisable.

The National (Scotland)

Capercaillie at risk of extinction as numbers plummet by 50 per cent

THE capercaillie is at real risk of extinction in the UK, with only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland, according to new data.

Wales Online

Capercaillie numbers are declining, increasing fears of possible extinction

There are now only 542 of the birds estimated to be left in Scotland following a recent survey

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The wildlife sanctuary bringing rhinos back from the brink

Rhinos were poached to near extinction in Zimbabwe. Now a private wildlife park is re-introducing them to places they haven't trod in decades.

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Half of world’s bird species in decline as destruction of avian life intensifies

State of the World’s Birds report warns human actions and climate crisis putting 49% in decline, with one in eight bird species under threat of extinction

Reuters

World leaders pledge more support for nature ahead of UN summit

World leaders on Tuesday stepped up financial support and conservation commitments to combat the global biodiversity crisis that threatens more than one million plant and animal species with extinction.

The Guardian - UK

Albania’s pelican colony was bouncing back. Now it faces the threat of a new airport

Dalmatian pelicans at Narta lagoon were saved from extinction but now the government is building an airport in Vlora’s protected landscape

Daily Mirror

Dinosaurs 'already heading for extinction' when planet was hit by huge asteroid

Studies on hundreds of dinosaur egg fossils in China suggest there may have only been around three species left when they were wiped out by an asteroid

The Hindu

Dinosaurs were in decline even before extinction, study finds

The long-term decline in global dinosaur diversity may have resulted from climate fluctuations and massive volcanic eruptions,

The Independent UK

Fossil eggs unearthed in China suggest dinosaurs were already in decline before asteroid impact

Researchers say there was low diversity of dinosaur species in central China for last 2 million years

Irish Mirror

Crippling cost of living putting extra squeeze on Irish pubs with some facing extinction

'Reduced footfall, coupled with an unprecedented rise in energy costs after 22 months of Covid lockdown closures and restrictions, means we are almost certainly looking at the permanent closure of many more pubs'

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