About one-fifth of species of plants and animals in Europe face the risk of extinction, according to a study published in the scientific journal PLOS. The authors believe agricultural land
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If the poaching of critically endangered Kordofan giraffes continues, it will inevitably result in their extinction in just 15 years in the Cameroon’s Bénoué National Park, according to a study
If biodiversity continues to decline in freshwater environments at the current rate – which is higher than the extinction event that killed off the dinosaurs – the damage may take
Most polar bears are at risk of being wiped out by the end of the century due to global warming, according to a new study published on 20 July in
In a time when mass extinctions are on the rise, news of the ‘rediscovered’ deer-like silver-backed chevrotain Tragulus versicolor is much-welcomed and ‘provides a rare second chance for biodiversity conservation’,
Around 540 to 520 million years ago, the world’s early life forms began to evolve into what scientists consider the first animals. This period, known as the Cambrian explosion, was
Nearly one in five mammal species in Britain are at risk of extinction in the next decade, according to new research. Conservationists said the country is in critical need of