Dinosaur data: can the bones of the deep past help predict extinctions of the future?
Millions of years ago, animals adapted to become warm-blooded amid huge climactic changes. Now scientists hope these clues from the past could help us understand what lies ahead
From the archive: ‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off – podcast
This week, from 2017: Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them
‘A different dimension of loss’: inside the great insect die-off
The long read: Scientists have identified 2 million species of living things. No one knows how many more are out there, and tens of thousands may be vanishing before we have even had a chance to encounter them
The 100 best nonfiction books: No 1 – The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert (2014)
The first in a new series on the world’s most important works of nonfiction is an engrossing account of the looming catastrophe caused by ecology’s ‘neighbours from hell’ – mankind
The great riches of our seas have been depleted and forgotten
George Monbiot: Just as overfishing impoverishes the life of the sea, the forgetting impoverishes our own lives
Javan rhino clings to survival in last forest stronghold
There are only 35 rhinos in the wild, and no individuals in captivity. But conservationists hope they can increase the numbers of what is possibly the rarest large mammal on Earth
Yangtze finless porpoise: China's national treasure disappearing fast
At their current rate of decline, these ancient creatures are set to follow the baiji dolphin into extinction in 10-15 years
