The horror of everything all the time! Wait a minute, here is a happy snail story!
Political violence is not OK but what about snails are they OK?
‘It’s like looking at ghosts’: inside the Australian Museum’s extinction cabinets
When people encounter the cabinets cataloguing the mammals wiped out since colonisation, they often cry. But what is the most useful way to grieve the destruction of a species?
Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code
Researchers build genome using 52,000-year-old remains of woolly mammoth named after ex-England footballer
June 2024
Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say
Study shows population on Arctic island was stable until sudden demise, countering theory of ‘genomic meltdown’
The age of extinction
Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study
Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species
The age of extinction
Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare birds from extinction
Conservationists hope insects carrying ‘birth control’ bacteria can save honeycreeper being wiped out by malaria
May 2024
Feather from extinct New Zealand huia auctioned for record-breaking figure – video
A rare feather from an extinct New Zealand bird earns NZD$46,521 at auction, breaking the previous record by $38,121
The age of extinction
Global wildlife crime causing ‘untold harm’, UN report finds
More than 4,000 species are targeted by traffickers, with illegal trade active in 80% of countries, says Office on Drugs and Crime
First Dog on the Moon
All the extinct kangaroo boffins are losing their minds at the latest kangaroo news!
Omg it is an almost complete fossil specimen of a juvenile sthenurine!
April 2024
Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral procession
BBC nature presenter delivers eulogy at protest aimed at ‘scaring people a bit’ about the loss of biodiversity in the UK
March 2024
The age of extinction
Scientists find skull of enormous ancient dolphin in Amazon
Fossil of giant river dolphin found in Peru, whose closest living relation is in South Asia, gives clues to future extinction threats
January 2024
Giganto, largest ever primate, died out due to diet change, say scientists
Giant primate ate bark and twigs after climate change turned sub-tropical environment into savannah
December 2023
The age of extinction
Human-driven extinction of bird species twice as high as thought, study says
About 12% of birds have died out as result of human activity in past 120,000 years, say scientists
November 2023
The age of extinction
Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet
A new study doubles the number of species at risk of extinction to 2m, driven by the latest data on insects. Losing these tiny creatures would have huge implications for life on Earth
September 2023
The age of extinction
‘Mutilating the tree of life’: Wildlife loss accelerating, scientists warn
Study finds species groups are going extinct 35 times faster than the previous million years because of human activity
Our environmental laws are failing us in the face of the climate crisis
Tim Flannery
If we don’t stop rampant approvals of fossil fuel projects, by 2073 we will be living through the large-scale destruction of our planet
Invasive species lead driver of biodiversity loss in Australia – and feral cats have biggest impact, report finds
National response urgently needed to prevent further extinction of native flora and fauna, advocates say
August 2023
The big idea
The big idea: should we bring extinct creatures back to life?
We might be able to genetically engineer something like woolly mammoths, but is it a good idea?
July 2023
Specieswatch
Polecat: the ‘bandit-like’ predator once hunted as vermin in England
The distinctive animal was the target of 17th-century churchwardens but is now rebounding in Buckinghamshire
June 2023
Full Story
Saving our threatened environment: Full Story live – podcast
Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Adam Morton, Dr Denis Rose, David Pocock and Felicity Wade about the state of Australia’s environmental crisis
