Ambitious draft goals to halt biodiversity loss revealed, with proposed changes to food production expected to ‘raise eyebrows’.
Eliminating plastic pollution, reducing pesticide use by two-thirds,…
XR said they want ‘an end to media corruption that suppresses the truth from the public for profit’
Six people were arrested after Extinction Rebellion (XR) dumped a pile of manure outside the…
The problem of biodiversity loss is not simply a matter of funding, a new report examining the failures of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) has warned.
Instead, policy makers need to…
The species is among 28 animals being assessed for potential upgrade of their threat status, federal government says.
The koala is being considered for official listing as endangered after the…
The 2.5m-year-old tree would be first plant species protected by law in state as current habitat increasingly becomes less viable.
The western Joshua tree will be considered for protection under the…
Update to IUCN red list warns of hamster’s falling birth rate and high demand for fungus.
Hamsters and fungi may not be poster species among those threatened with extinction but are no less…
When 323 reindeer were killed by lightning on a remote Norwegian plateau, their bodies were left for nature to take its course.
In August 2016, a park ranger stumbled upon 323 dead wild tundra…
When an elephant dies in the wild, it's not uncommon to later find its bones scattered throughout the surrounding landscape.
That's one way you can tell other elephants have passed through the…
Human activities are driving thousands of species to the brink of extinction.
The world is facing its sixth mass extinction — it’s happening now and we are the ones to blame, according to a new…
Scientists are concerned about the irreversible damage done to global ecosystems.
The Amazon rainforest ecosystem could collapse in as little as 49 years and the Caribbean coral reefs in only 15…
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibia said on Monday that 86 dusky dolphins, including two calves just days old, had been found dead on a remote beach and it had launched an investigation into what happened…
A study has called into question the effectiveness of measures to clamp down on the illegal wildlife trade.
Critically endangered eels have been sold recently in Hong Kong stores, despite bans on…
(CNN)Donkey slaughter will be halted in Kenya following concerns over the rise in theft of the animals for export production and the impact on families that rely on them, according the country's…
Experts call for solutions to be enforced immediately to halt global population collapses
The “fates of humans and insects are intertwined”, scientists have said, with the huge declines reported in…
Research carried out by Greenpeace has found that chinstrap penguin colonies in the Antarctic have declined by as much as 77% in the last 50 years.
Scientists surveying chinstrap penguin colonies…
The last surviving Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia has died in captivity, with the WWF estimating that there are only about 80 left mostly living in the wild in Sumatra and Borneo, and the entire species…
Usage of the term increased 100-fold in the space of 12 months, dictionary says.
Oxford Dictionaries has declared “climate emergency” the word of the year for 2019, following a hundred-fold increase…
Report claims 400,000 insect species face extinction amid heavy use of pesticides.
The “unnoticed insect apocalypse” should set alarm bells ringing, according to conservationists, who said that…
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