Extinction is a natural process, but it's happening at 1,000 times the normal speed
The Earth is losing more and more biodiversity every day, and we should all be worried
Mammals under threat: 2nd extinction wave underway in Australia, Caribbean
New study predicts 558 species of mammals to be extinct by turn of century
What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
When insect numbers decrease everything higher up in the food web will suffer. This is already happening
Simply Put: 6th mass extinction
Simply Put: The supreme invasive species
Humans now drive evolution on Earth, both creating and destroying species
Human activity doesn't just reduce biodiversity – new research explores how we are continually creating newspecies and ecos
Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm
Conserving biodiversity 'hotspots' like Madagascar doesn't mean leaving out coldspots
A season in hell: Bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction
Burnt species include the long-footed potoroo, Kangaroo Island’s glossy black-cockatoo and the Spring midge orchid
Look back at the decade: Extinction
Future loss of species to reduce plant production
Six million hectares of threatened species habitat up in smoke
The Australian bushfire is wreaking havoc on the fauna of the country
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (December 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Good while it lasted - III: Why this is a mass extinction
All evidence and calculations indicate a bleak situation for bio
Good while it lasted - II: 6th mass extinction an all pervasive loss
The loss of biodiversity is on land, water and air, across all continents, and indicates mass extinction
Four more countries join global coalition to protect pollinators
This takes the number of signatories for the ‘Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators’ to 16
Island at sea
‘Humans wiped out 60% of the world’s wildlife in 44 years’
WWF’s shocking report paints a grim picture of global biodiversity amid calls for a landmark treaty to protect wildlife
New facts unearthed about impact of Polynesian settlement on New Zealand’s fauna
Researchers found evidence of 14 species of native animals that are extinct now by analysing DNA from fossils
How biological response may help avert another mass extinction of species
A new study shows that starfish can resort to rapid genetic selection when subjected to mortality shock due to a wasting disease
China-backed Sumatran dam threatens the rarest ape in the world
The plan to build a massive hydropower dam in Sumatra as part of China’s immense Belt and Road Initiative threatens the habitat …
Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago
Did a change in climate caused or contributed to a mass extinction around 260 million years ago?
To cull or not
The killing of a gorilla in the Cincinnati Zoo renews the moral existential dilemma
Australia’s mean temperature rises, finds government ‘State of the Environment’ report
Australia’s mean temperature has risen by roughly 1.4 degrees Celsius, since 1910
Good while it lasted - I: 6th mass extinction underway, courtesy humans
Earth is losing species at an unprecedented rate; This marks the beginning of the Anthropocene Epoch, a self-aggrandising nomenclature that …
The earth likely holds more than 9,000 undiscovered tree species; and they are in danger
Undiscovered tree species are more likely to be present in in tropical and subtropical dry forests, which are threatened by development projects
One in three species threatened with extinction, action needed, says study
Growing conservation investments and efforts could put off the risk of extinction for one in three species that can be threatened or extinct by 2100