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

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

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

These mites living on your face may go extinct and that's not good news

Demodex keeps skin pores clean

The jury is still out on the de-extinction of the woolly mammoth

There are several ethical concerns in bringing an extinct species back to life, some scientists have said about the woolly mammoth; others …

Trump Administration dilutes Endangered Species Act

Critics say the move will hasten the extinction of those species in the country which are endangered