Britain’s biodiversity continues to decline at an alarming rate, but environmentalists say there are reasons to be cheerful ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, ...

A critically-endangered herb once thought extinct on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island has been found growing at a new location as the world-heritage site continues its rabbit-free recovery. The remote ...

Earth is seeing an unprecedented loss of species, which some ecologists are calling a sixth mass extinction. In May, a United Nations report warned that 1 million species are threatened by extinction.

This article explores ten extinct plant species, from the ancient Araucarioxylon arizonicum to the more recent Sophora toromiro. Their disappearances, driven by climate change, habitat destruction, ...

In 2025, animal and plant life continue to be threatened by a number of factors, including hunting, habitat loss or ...

Should we bring extinct species back to life? Sometimes whole species of animals or plants become extinct due to the changes in their habitat, predators or disease. But over the last 500 years, human ...

Almost 600 plant species have been wiped from the planet in the past 250 years, more than twice the number of bird, mammal and amphibian species that have met the same fate, according to a new study.

Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a comprehensive study. The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is twice that of ...

The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed ...

Almost 600 plant species have been lost from the wild in the last 250 years, according to a comprehensive study. The number is based on actual extinctions rather than estimates, and is twice that of ...