The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonisation, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells and pushed oyster and mussel reefs almost to extinction. Because the damage was done early – and…

New research suggests the extinction crisis may be even worse than we thought. More than half of species that have so far evaded any official conservation assessment are threatened with extinction, according to predictions by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

From toucans and puffins to iridescent hummingbirds, the most unique creatures are the most vulnerable to human impacts, says Lucy Jones, author of Losing Eden

Researchers fear spread of invasive disease could be disastrous for Australia’s diverse plant life and are calling for urgent national response

Campaigning group Just Stop Oil claim it will be Britain’s biggest ever campaign of civil disobedience. Plans were revealed at a meeting last week attended by 500 people including Jeremy Corbyn

Wildlife with little data faces double the risk of dying out – which may mean many more species are endangered than previously thought

"Knock-on effects such as financial crises, conflict and new disease outbreaks could trigger other calamities"

A new study suggests it's time to consider the possibility that climate change could wipe out humanity.

ST. LOUIS — Poaching and habitat loss are driving a species of exotic cattle toward extinction in the wild.

Global heating could become “catastrophic” for humanity if temperature rises are worse than many predict or cause a chain of events that haven't even been considered yet

Experts say the possibility it will cause societal collapse or human extinction is ‘dangerously underexplored’