Top new species from 2025
Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient…
How the hunt for a perfect picture has pushed the ‘magical’ galaxy frog towards extinction
Published on 20/12/2025 – 8:00 GMT+1 A group of endangered galaxy frogs, famed for their striking blue speckles…
One of the world’s most endangered species is being ‘eaten into extinction’, researchers warn
Published on 26/11/2025 – 13:00 GMT+1 Lemurs are at serious risk of being driven into extinction as affluent…
Australia’s Only Shrew is Now officially Extinct, Killed by Non-native Species Introduced by Humans
The Christmas Island shrew was a small, short-legged creature with a pointed muzzle. Like other shrews, it resembled…
Earth just surprised scientists! Extinction rate among plant and animal species has surprisingly slowed down |
The global loss of species has long been seen as one of the greatest threats to life on…
New research upends theory that Indigenous Australians hunted large animals to extinction
Recent analysis of two fossils from Australia, estimated to be about 50,000 years old, suggests that Australia’s First…
New evidence reveals dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit
(Would dinosaurs have died without an asteroid strike? Here’s the science.) Among the dinosaurs that dominated the landscape…
Bone fossil not evidence Australia’s ancient megafauna was killed by humans: study
Thousands of years ago the first Australians once shared the land with giant kangaroos and other cow-sized marsupials.…
California Condors are making a comeback in East Bay
The elusive and illustrious California condor is making a major comeback in the Bay Area, stretching its wings…
50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears targeted for rollback
Patrick Whittle | Associated Press Boothbay Harbor, Maine – Republican lawmakers are targeting one of the U.S.’s longest…