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UK wants to ban import of hunting trophies: Why are African conservationists opposing it?
Conservationists in southern Africa are outraged by a proposal to outlaw the import of hunting trophies to Britain, with some claiming that it is counterproductive and smacks of colonialism
The battle to save Cambodia's river dolphins from extinction
Cambodia has announced tough new restrictions on fishing in the vast river to try and reduce the number of dolphins killed in nets. But it's a huge challenge to enforce the rules on a river hundreds of metres wide that is dotted with islets and lined with dense undergrowth
Endangered monarch butterflies face perilous storm
The colourfully winged insects that travel vast distances over the course of generations have been closely watched in the US state since they neared extinction just three years ago
Supreme Court wants to save the Great Indian Bustard: How the bird became critically endangered
The Supreme Court has suggested that India should start a programme similar to ‘Project Tiger’ to conserve the Great Indian Bustard. Once in the race to become the country’s national bird, its population has dwindled to 150
Jurassic Park: What the world would look like if dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct
The catastrophic event in which an asteroid struck the Earth and killed over 90 per cent of all species, including dinosaurs, allowed for human evolution
Explained: How receding ice threatens the existence of Canada's polar bears
The whole annual rhythm of the polar bear is in peril as their fasting period is lasting longer due to the rise in temperatures, and birth rates are also dropping as they have to scavenge for food
Red list status shows we're on the cusp of the sixth extinction event, says IUCN head
The Red List is not policy prescriptive, it's really just a statement of fact –- this is what the status of the species is.
Seagrass meadows provide essential services for marine life, need to be protected say experts
A wide range of animals depend on them, including tiny invertebrates that are a food source to fish prized by small-scale, artisanal fishing operations.
Third of global tree species threatened with extinction due to farming, logging
Forest ecosystems can collapse when they are subjected to multiple stressors -- like fire, logging and the break up of habitat -- that have the potential to interact and "drive abrupt ecological change."
Lions and cheetahs closer to extinction than IUCN Red List suggests
The ratio of people to cheetahs on Earth is roughly a million-to-one
Nearly 300 biodiversity 'hot spots' at risk of extinction due to global warming: Study
So-called endemic species — plants and animals found exclusively in a specific area — will be hit hardest in a warming world.
Five new shrub frog species have been discovered in the Western Ghats as part of a decade long study
Scientists are looking for evidence for the population decline and is there are any threats, in order to protect them from extinction.
Future seems uncertain: Breathing life into the Corpse flower that smells like death
Corpse flowers aren’t doing great in their native home of Sumatra, as they are dwindling because of deforestation for lumber and crops.
Flightless bird species were more diverse, common before human-driven extinctions
Most islands on Earth had flightless birds on them before humans emerged as the dominant species.
We've been profiting by slaughtering Antarctica's wildlife since it was discovered 200 years ago
Before 1833, at least seven million fur seals were killed in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic.
How many plants have we wiped out completely? Here are five extinction stories
Once biologists suspect a documented species’ extinction, the challenge then shifts to proving whether it has disappeared forever or just disappeared from sight
David Attenborough's new documentary warns humanity to save other species from mass extinction to protect themselves
At the start of the Extinction: The Facts documentary, Attenborough said, "We are facing a crisis and one that has consequences for us all."
Giant tortoises who helped save their species from the brink of extinction, released on Galapagos Islands
One of the newly freed tortoises is Diego, estimated to be around 100 years old is renowned for his fertility and fathered some 800 offspring.
Asteroid that killed dinosaurs hit Earth at 60 degrees, maximising the amount of climate-changing gases that entered the atmosphere
It released sulphur in the air and started a “nuclear winter” that not only wiped out dinosaurs but caused 75 percent of life on Earth to go extinct.
Asteroid, climate change is not responsible for the mass extinction that took place 215 million years ago
This mass extinction is termed as the Adamanian-Revueltian turnover, which saw a “decline in diversity among crocodylian-line archosaurs and the extinction of several taxa”.