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Biodiversity: what happened next?

At the end of each year, the Age of Extinction series revisits many of the stories of species loss – but also of extraordinary conservation efforts and innovative solutions – to find out what happened next

  • White rhinos at Akagera national park, Rwanda

    How rehoming wildlife from rhinos to bison can revive threatened species

    From rhinos to vultures, rehoming wildlife is one way to revive a species and – as new generations arrive – there is hope for more big moves in 2023
  • Small but increasingly vital, research into ants has revealed their importance, abundance and diversity.

    Insects and us: a mind-blowing 20 quadrillion ants and what they mean for the planet

    There are 2.5m of these tiny creatures for each human and they play a big role as ecosystem engineers, as well as providing insights on everything from the climate to ageing
  • Forest clearance in Indonesia.

    The UK city taking a stand on palm oil in the fight against deforestation

    A growing number of towns and villages are following Chester’s lead in helping local businesses to eradicate deforestation-linked oil from their supply chains
  • Composite image of eight species

    Bison, beavers and bog moss: eight new species to look out for in the UK in 2022

    As rewilding projects restore habitats and ecosystems, we list the plants and animals staging a comeback across Britain
  • composite of animals passing roads via wildlife bridges

    Animal crossings: the ecoducts helping wildlife navigate busy roads across the world

    India’s tiger corridor and Australia’s possum ‘tunnel of love’ are among the myiad infrastructure projects providing safe passage
  • Polish government visualisation of what the Siarzewo dam might look like

    Polish court revives ‘highly flawed’ hydroelectric dam plan for Vistula River

    Despite warnings that it would devastate rare wildlife habitats, the controversial project is back on the table
  • A fallen oak tree in Humberside after the region was battered by Storm Arwen in November.

    After Arwen: how to think positive about the UK’s storm-devastated trees

    The winds in November brought down millions of trees but unlike after the great storm of 1987, there is no rush to clear them all away
  • Composite biodiversity solutions

    Bogs, banks and bubble barriers: five great projects to protect nature

    Across the world conservation groups, researchers and volunteers are working to combat the five key drivers of biodiversity loss identified by scientists
  • The Hachette roof garden overlooking the river Thames in London, England<br>The Hachette roof garden overlooking the river Thames in London, England

    Mini forest and ‘green tower’ plans among first to meet London’s new green guidelines

    Developers will consider contribution to environment using Urban Greening Factor formula
  • ‘Hunting is in danger. Hunter and proud of it!’ on a placard at a protest to defend hunting and rural life in Forcalquier, south France.

    ‘The fight goes on’: the struggle to save Europe’s songbirds

    Campaigners help close the loophole allowing glue-trapping in France, but the battle to save endangered bird species goes on
  • Costa Rica president Carlos Alvarado Quesada takes a selfie with Prince William.

    Follow the green leader: why everyone from Prince William to Jeff Bezos is looking to Costa Rica

    Billionaires, princes and prime ministers are among those keen to learn from the Central American country, which has long put nature at the heart of its policies
  • In photo provided by the Washington State Dept. of Agriculture, an Asian Giant Hornet is fitted to wear a tracking device is shown Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020 near Blaine, Wash. Scientists have discovered the first nest of so-called murder hornets in the United States and plan to wipe it out Saturday to protect native honeybees, officials in Washington state said Friday, Oct. 23, 2020.

    Beekeepers brace for next round with Canada's 'murder hornets'

    British Columbia resigned to a ‘long fight’ after 2020’s efforts to track and kill the invasive insects ended in frustration
  • An echidna is seen on Kangaroo Island, South Australia

    Butterflies, bushfires and bears: Age of Extinction's year in photography

    In a year like no other, our photographers – and readers – captured images reflecting the beauty and diversity that could all too easily be lost in our fragile world
  • A jaguar crouches in an area recently scorched by wildfires at the Encontro das Aguas state park in the Pantanal wetlands near Pocone, Mato Grosso state, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

    'A critical time': how Covid-19 piled the pressure on conservation efforts

    Ecotourism revenues plummeted around the world as some areas saw poaching and land grabs increase in 2020
  • A projection on the building of the National Congress with drawings of the Yanomami xapiri, the spirits of the Forest, is seen during a protest to evict illegal goldminers from Brazil’s largest indigenous Yanomami reservation.

    'Miners out, Covid out': threats to indigenous reserve in Brazil grow

    Illegal goldminers supported by Bolsonaro bring environmental destruction and coronavirus to Yanomami communities
  • PC Ben Ballard, right, riding Clyde, and PC Jo Brown on Iris, create divots and press in seeds at Barbican Wildlife Garden in the City of London.

    Call the cavalry! Horses ride to rescue of an inner city garden

    This autumn, mounted City of London police received a surprise order: to help trample in wildflower seeds at the Barbican
  • Biologists fear hundreds of thousands of birds may have died on their migration through the state of New Mexico because they were unable to find food.

    Mass die-off of birds in south-western US 'caused by starvation'

    Necropsy reveals 80% of the thousands of songbirds that died suddenly showed typical signs of emaciation
  • The newly described Popa langur is likely to be classified as critically endangered.

    Discovery of 'cryptic species' shows Earth is even more biologically diverse

    Excitement as DNA barcoding technique leads to unmasking of new species tempered with fear that some are already at risk of extinction
  • Bees spotted by Pippa Browning

    Wild ways: how readers have been helping wildlife in their gardens

    From digging ponds to planting pollinators, Guardian readers have been bringing out the best in nature
  • An aerial view of the Pripyat River within the 30km Chernobyl exclusion zone.

    Chernobyl fears resurface as river dredging begins in exclusion zone

    Scientists warn of threat of nuclear contamination from work on giant E40 waterway linking Baltic to the Black Sea
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