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Conservationists Call For More Data To Help Protect Pangolins

All eight known pangolin species remain at high risk of extinction due to over-exploitation and loss of habitat, conservationists warned Wednesday, warning knowledge gaps were hampering protection efforts.

International Business Times

Major new assessment recognises four separate giraffe species for the first time

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

Evening Standard

A huge stick insect has been discovered in Australia. Here’s why that’s important

Yes, they can be hard to spot – but this find in Australia highlights how little we know about creatures crucial to our ecosystem, writes entomologist Gwen Pearson

The Guardian - UK

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Otters spotted in Kashmir waters, and residents are both thrilled and wary

Believed to be extinct, Eurasian otters show signs of resurgence with three sightings by wildlife officers since 2023.

Al Jazeera

Otters posing for selfies in Japanese cafes may be linked to illegal trade, experts warn

The DNA of rare small-clawed otters in captivity in Japan has been matched to wild populations in poaching hotspots in Thailand

The Guardian - UK

For many island species, the next tropical cyclone may be their last

When a major cyclone tears through an island nation, all efforts rightly focus on saving human lives and restoring livelihoods. However, these storms have permanent consequences for other species that are often forgotten.

The Conversation

‘The unsung heroes of life on Earth’: Hundreds of fungi species threatened with extinction

The ‘giant knight’ is among 1,300 red list species in the fungal kingdom.

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World’s fungi at risk from agriculture, deforestation and urban sprawl – experts

The latest update to IUCN red list has 1,300 species of fungi assessed with at least 411 at risk of extinction.

The Independent UK

Hundreds Of Fungi Species Threatened With Extinction: IUCN

Deforestation, farming and climate-fuelled fires are driving increasing threats to fungi, the lifeblood of most plants on Earth, the International Union for Conservation of Nature warned on Thursday.

International Business Times

Australia tried to influence other countries and Unesco to keep Great Barrier Reef off in-danger list

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show a sustained strategy approved by environment minister Tanya Plibersek

The Guardian - AU

Quarter of freshwater animals at risk of extinction, conservationists warn

A major global analysis examined the extinction threat to 23,496 freshwater species of fish, dragonflies, damselflies, crabs, crayfish and shrimp.

Evening Standard

‘Ridiculous’ ban on exotic animal skins at London fashion week criticised by experts

Trade can help protect species – and real skins are often more sustainable than synthetic alternatives, say conservationists

The Guardian - UK

Peatlands urgently need to be restored for UK to meet emissions targets

The headline goal of the UK’s peatland strategy – a framework published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) that sets out how to improve UK peatlands – is simple, yet ambitious. The aim is for 20,000km² (2 million hectares) of UK peatland to be kept in good…

The Conversation

Curlew species thought to be extinct by conservationists in first for Europe

The slender-billed curlew could be the first known global bird extinction from mainland Europe, north Africa and west Asia.

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Bird species thought to be extinct in first recorded case

Scientists find last irrefutable sighting of the slender-billed curlew was in February 1995 in Morocco

Radio France Internationale

Nearly half of tropical coral species face extinction, report shows

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction due to climate change, a new report said on Wednesday. This marked a significant increase from the last assessment in 2008, when a third of all species was listed as threatened.

International Business Times

Nearly Half Of Tropical Coral Species Face Extinction: Report

Almost half of all warm-water species of coral are threatened with extinction -- and climate change is the chief culprit, a new report said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

44% of warm-water coral species facing extinction, conservationists warn

Conservation status for warm-water reef-building corals was analysed for the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List.

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The Independent UK

Slight progress in global biodiversity protection efforts but some species decline, new reports find

Two reports on protecting biodiversity were released at a major UN summit on global biodiversity underway in Cali, Colombia

International Business Times

One In Three Tree Species At Risk Of Extinction: Report

More than one in three species of trees are at risk of extinction worldwide, threatening life as we know it on Earth, according to a report published Monday.

The Independent UK

Hedgehogs listed as ‘near threatened’ after suffering rapid population declines

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said hedgehog numbers are thought to have shrunk in more than half the countries where they live.

Al Jazeera

Should we all stop eating salmon? Why it’s suddenly become endangered

Why have Atlantic salmon populations dropped so dramatically in British rivers, and is fish farming to blame?

The Guardian - AU

Scientists contest environment minister’s claim of ‘blitzing’ Australia’s ocean reserve expansion goal

Tanya Plibersek claims Labor is protecting 52% of its ocean territory, but experts say that is ‘misleading’

The Independent UK

Namibia to slaughter more than 80 elephants as protesters call it a ‘colossal disaster’

British high commissioner backs plan to shoot scores of endangered animals but conservationists warn of ‘dangerous precedent’

The Conversation

Citizen scientists can help save Australia’s threatened species if we give them more direction

Across Australia and around the world, citizen scientists are protecting species by recording sightings, surveying landscapes and collecting samples. No job is too big or too small. As wildlife ecologists, we are indebted to this army of volunteers.

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