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The Latest Breaking News from Extinction

What is rewilding? World's first centre opens in Scotland

Rewilding can help reverse species extinction, tackle climate change and improve our overall health and wellbeing

Evening Standard

‘Horse racing is dying’: Grand National protest planning to disrupt Aintree race

Animal Rising, an offshoot of Extinction Rebellion, will begin protests condemning horse racing at 9.30am on Saturday ahead of the 5.15pm showpiece

The Independent UK

Grand National protests: Animal Rising campaigners reveal how exploiting animals harms us too

Britain’s 175th annual Grand National horse race is set to take place on Saturday April 15. The protest group Animal Rising (formerly known as Animal Rebellion), an offshoot of the larger climate movement Extinction Rebellion, plans to disrupt it with direct-action tactics, including activists gluing themselves to the track before…

The Conversation

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We rely on expert predictions to guide conservation. But even experts have biases and blind spots

When faced with uncertainty, we often look for predictions by experts: from election result forecasts, to the likely outcomes of medical treatment. In nature conservation, we turn to expert opinion to assess extinction risk, or predict the long-term responses of plant species to fire management.

The Conversation

‘Underwater and overlooked’: number of critically endangered fish species in Australia doubles

Nine new species of fish are now on the brink of extinction, with scientists calling for urgent action to control invasive freshwater species

The Guardian - AU

Transformers movies ranked, worst to best

After Transformers One surprised fans in 2024, it’s a good time to rewatch all their flicks. This is our Transformers movies ranked list.

Space

Avian flu has killed 3 California condors in northern Arizona

Authorities are trying to determine what killed five others in the flock. The California condor population fell to near extinction in the '70s, but the total wild population now numbers more than 300.

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Grey seals are returning to UK waters -- but their situation remains precarious

Seals, sea lions and walruses – a group of animals called pinnipeds – have been heavily exploited throughout much of human history. Many of these species have at some point even been threatened with extinction.

The Conversation

Extinction Rebellion protesters return to Cardiff bank minutes after being fined by court for lock-in there

The Extinction Rebellion protesters displayed the message, 'Barclays are the real criminals' outside a Cardiff city centre branch of the bank, while dressed like prisoners

Wales Online

Calls for answers over Poole harbour oil spill as cleanup continues

Extinction Rebellion leads protest and council leader expresses anger over damage done to protected site

The Guardian - UK

Tasmanian tiger may have survived into the 2000s, new analysis suggests

Last known thylacine died in 1936 but new research suggesting the animals may have survived longer in the wild ‘relies on a lot of maybes’, expert says

The Guardian - AU

I realised the fat-tailed dunnart was under threat. Here's how I got the species officially listed

Saving endangered species is an uphill battle in Australia, the mammal extinction capital of the world. But the first step, threatened species listing, can be confusing, tedious and time-consuming.

The Conversation

The case for no longer eating eels

"All available data . . . show that current eel abundance is only a shadow of what it used to be a few decades ago"

Salon

Editorial: Xi has been an apologist for Putin. Will he also be his lethal arms supplier?

For Ukraine, the war against Russia is existential. Defeat means extinction as a sovereign nation, and the destruction of Ukrainian identity.

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The Guardian - AU

More than half NSW forests lost since 1750 and logging ‘locking in’ species extinction, study finds

Exclusive: Report says 435,000 hectares have been degraded through logging since 2000, affecting 244 threatened species

The Week

Beavers to return to west London after 400 years

Beavers are to return to west London for the first time in 400 years, as part of a rewilding project. A breeding pair of Eurasian beavers, which are expected to come from Tayside in Scotland, could arrive at their new home in a wetland in Ealing as soon as this…

The Conversation

Eels have fascinated us for ages - now we need to stop eating them

Few animals have sparked humanity’s curiosity as much as the eel (Anguilla anguilla). Until a recent past, this slimy, slippery, snake-shaped, incredibly agile fish inhabited virtually every body of water in Europe and Northern Africa, often in mind-blowing abundances. And nobody knew where they came from.

Evening Standard

Extinction Rebellion spray London newspaper offices with green paint in climate coverage protest

Environmental group throws paint on newspaper office windows in climate coverage protest

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Species don't live in isolation: what changing threats to 4 marsupials tell us about the future

Conserving native wildlife is a challenging task and Australia’s unenviable extinction record shows us we urgently need more sophisticated and effective approaches.

Newcastle Herald

Half of the plants between Barrington and Hawkesbury facing extinction, report warns

Half of the plants found within a corridor stretching from the Barrington to Hawkesbury could be extinct within 50 years due to the impact of climate change, a new report warns.

The Conversation

Extinct but not gone – the thylacine continues to fascinate us

Human life on Earth is utterly dependent on biodiversity but our activities are driving an increase in extinctions. Yet some extinct species continue to hold our fascination. New methods in genetics and reproductive biology hold the promise that de-extinction – resurrecting extinct species – could soon be possible.

Wales Online

The little-known native Welsh sport that a village has brought back from the brink of extinction

Wales has produced wallball world champions in years gone by

The Guardian - UK

Climate activists must target power structures, not the public

Letters: Dr Laura Thomas-Walters, Tim Williamson and Paul Chandler respond to Jack Shenker’s article which asked if the disruptive tactics of groups such as Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil are working

Evening Standard

Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie on corsets, class and activism: ‘Eloise would be in Extinction Rebellion in 2023’

Ahead of her new ITVX show Bali 2002, the star talks to Maddy Mussen about acting her age and being papped holding a dog poo bag

Daily Mirror

Nearly half of Brits are 'clueless' about which animal species are on brink of extinction

Over a third of adults admit they know 'little' to 'nothing' about the world's most endangered species - but seven in ten would like to learn more about wildlife endangerment

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