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Over 45,000 species are now threatened with extinction — 1,000 more than last year — according to an international conservation organization that blames pressures from climate change, invasive species and human activity such as illicit trade and infrastructural expansion.

Scientists were writing an obituary for this species when a lawyer-turned-internet-sleuth found evidence of its existence in an unlikely place.

The population has declined dramatically over the past 100 years. In the early 20th century, it is thought that there were probably several million breeding pairs. Today, fewer than 11,000 breeding pairs remain.

Scientists are increasingly seeing evidence of “dark extinction” in museum and botanical garden collections.

30x30 has been pitched as a key tool in the climate fight. Indigenous Peoples say it threatens their lives.

Misguided introduction of alien predators saw partula snails driven from their habitat — but zoos have reared new populations.

The catchphrase aims to emulate the success of "net zero" in climate campaigning. Yet some fear it is too vague and open to greenwashing

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was unequivocal when asked if Canada was going to meet its goal to protect one-quarter of all Canadian land and oceans by 2025.

Representatives from nearly 200 countries are to begin the real work on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at a crucial meeting on global biodiversity — hard talks on hard targets for saving enough of the world's ecosystems to keep the planet functioning. 

Captive-breeding programs lead to shorter wingspans in birds and behavioural changes that leave animals more vulnerable to predators, a global study finds.

The migrating monarch butterfly was added last week to the “red list” of threatened species and categorized as “endangered” for the first time by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

World heritage sites in Canada, the U.S., Australia, and Russia are among those that have emitted more carbon than they absorbed since 2001.

Study finds the climate crisis, agriculture and pesticide use threaten relatives of the world’s most important crops, considered crucial to food security.

Scientists have long drawn up a Red List to alert officials about wildlife and plant species threatened with extinction. Now some say it’s time to flip the script and create a “green status” category that identifies how to bring these species back to sustainable levels.

French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to urge world leaders and institutions to safeguard biodiversity as they work to curb climate change and support human welfare at a global summit starting on Friday, September 3, 2021, in southern France.