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Greater gliders are hurtling towards extinction, and the blame lies squarely with Australian governments

The southern and central greater glider, the world’s largest gliding marsupial, was officially listed as “endangered” this week, with the species facing a very high risk of extinction.

The Conversation

Hefty hike in food prices hit Queensland zoos feeding animals specialised vegetable diets

They're designed to protect the future of the world's most vulnerable animal species, but regional zoos are taking desperate measures to avoid extinction themselves.

ABC News

Endangered lemur pups born at Scots safari park 'full of energy' as they play with mum

Black and white ruffed lemurs are a critically-endangered species in the wild, meaning they are at an extremely high risk of extinction.

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Rampant wildfires once led to global mass extinction, scientists say. Can it happen again?

A long time ago, the carbon was rock, buried in the earth as securely as a secret. Then an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented scale began. The rocks burned, and the atoms inside them disassembled into carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

Los Angeles Times

Want to stop another pandemic? Consider a flexitarian diet

Stemming global warming and species extinction requires a rethink of the global food system. The risk of pandemics could be the trigger for change.

360info

Protofeathers may have helped dinosaurs survive freezing weather and dominate the world

New research suggests that dinosaurs may have survived the mass extinction that occurred during the Triassic and Jurrasic because they were already adapted to freezing conditions.

Inverse

South Africa's sandfish are on the brink of extinction: how farmers are helping rescue them

Sandfish are migratory freshwater fish found only in South Africa that can grow to over half a metre in length. They sport a pronounced downturned mouth which is used to graze algae off rocks and to grub in mud and sand on the stream bed.

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Dinosaurs took over planet amid cold that other reptiles couldn’t survive 200 million years ago, study finds

Some parts of the world froze regularly and dinosaurs there ‘did just fine’, scientists say

The Independent UK

Glider in rapid slide towards extinction

It's taken six years for the greater glider to slide from relatively common, to threatened and now endangered under the latest federal listing.

AAP

Research reveals fire is pushing 88% of Australia's threatened land mammals closer to extinction

About 100 of Australia’s unique land mammals face extinction. Of the many threats contributing to the crisis, certain fire regimes are among the most pervasive.

The Conversation

Extinction Rebellion plans protest against Bristol Airport expansion

It also wants to see fair fares on public transport

Bristol Post

Rise of the dinosaurs traced back to their adaptation to cold

Covering of feathers left them able to cope when other creatures died off in mass extinction event, scientists say

The Guardian - UK

Tree Turmoil: Protester Halts Controversial Cutting Of 600-Year-Old Oak Tree

Local politicians want to cut it down as its roots are apparently causing structural damage to nearby houses.

Zenger

Metro Mayor Dan Norris says climate activists are right after campaigners hijacked M32 billboard

The XR group said the buses are in a "dire state"

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Extinction on our plates

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action, writes Quentin Read.

Wales Online

Meet the marine biologist on a mission to save sea turtles from extinction

Christine Figgener is working with her husband to save the endangered species

The Independent UK

Shrimps and worms ‘were among first to recover after largest mass extinction’

The end-Permian mass extinction – around 252 million years ago – killed more than 90% of species on Earth.

Chronicle Live

Stephen Fry urges public to support protest group Extinction Rebellion in new climate change video

The seven minute-long video comes as the group plans its next wave of actions with co-founder Roger Hallam

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Stephen Fry urges people to back Extinction Rebellion amid fossil fuel ‘crisis’

The actor and comedian threw his support behind the protest group in a video posted to YouTube

The Independent UK

Stephen Fry backs Extinction Rebellion: ‘Something has to be done’

The actor and comedian spoke in a video released by the climate change protest group.

The Independent UK

Antarctica’s only native insect is being driven to extinction by global warming, scientists say

Increase of 2C in winter temperature could reduce the miniscule Antarctic midge’s chances of survival, study finds

Reuters

NATO summit protesters play dead in front of Picasso war painting

About 30 anti-war activists protested on Monday in front of Pablo Picasso's historic Guernica painting about the horrors of war at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, hours before the start on Tuesday of a NATO summit in the Spanish capital.

360info

Extinction on our plates

Reducing the biodiversity footprint of food consumption requires immediate and widespread action

The Guardian - UK

Energy treaty update fails to address climate crisis, activists say

1994 agreement allows investors to sue governments for changes in energy policy that harm their profits

The Guardian - UK

Mites that mate on our faces at night face extinction threat

Study of tiny parasites points to gene loss from adaptation putting them on dead-end evolutionary course

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