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Extinction
Booming brilliant year for the bittern – Britain’s loudest bird
By
Stuart Butler
Apr 5, 2024
A new RSPB survey reveals that the bittern, Britain’s loudest bird, is making a remarkable recovery in England and Wales.
Artificial intelligence to assess Britain’s hedgehog population
By
Stuart Butler
Mar 27, 2024
In a world first artifical intelligence will be used to assess Britain's hedgehog population. And voluntters are needed!
UK’s seabirds are being decimated by bird flu
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 19, 2024
A new study has revealed that bird flu is contributing to an alarming decline of some of the UK's key seabird species.
Giant ape wiped out by climate change
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 7, 2024
A new study finds that a giant prehistoric ape became extinct after climate change depleted its food supply.
The undertaker of the savannah is in trouble
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 4, 2024
A new study has revealed that 88 per cent of African raptor populations living in savannah grasslands have declined over the last fifty years.
It’s a long way home for the Balearic shearwater
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 3, 2024
A warming planet is forcing some birds to fly ever further north and this is bad news for the critically endangered Balearic shearwater.
Global effort to save endangered river dolphins
By
Stuart Butler
Feb 1, 2024
A new global declaration aims to pull endangered river dolphins and porpoises back from the brink of extinction.
Last hope for the northern white rhino
By
Stuart Butler
Jan 31, 2024
Could a highly experimental IVF technique bring the northern white rhino back from the very brink of extinction?
A mammoth called Élmayuujey’eh
By
Stuart Butler
Jan 25, 2024
Scientists have traced the life, travels and death of a female woolly mammoth who died at the hands of early humans 14,000 years ago.
Bird extinctions much higher than previously thought
By
Stuart Butler
Jan 16, 2024
A new study shows that almost 12 per cent of bird species have become extinct and humans are often to blame.
‘Unprecedented rise’ in invasive species according to the UN
By
Stuart Butler
Dec 21, 2023
UN report charts the worldwide rise in invasive species, and outlines why this can negatively impact our environment, health and economy.
Ten iconic UK species threatened by extinction or decline – and how to save them
By
Charlotte Hall
Nov 13, 2023
These are ten of the UK's most iconic threatened species - and how we can fight the decline of their numbers.
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