Numbat conservation efforts pull native species from brink of extinction

Numbats, Western Australia's animal emblem, have been pulled from the brink of extinction after research found the population ...

Five Australian mammals declared extinct after failed search

Five Australian marsupials have been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The ...

Species’ ingenious survival strategies no match for human destruction, red list reveals

Newly endangered animals include desert frogs and snails in extreme ocean depths, both threatened by mining ...
Phys.org

Australia has some new marsupial species—but they're already extinct

You are probably familiar with kangaroos. Wallabies too, and most likely quokkas as well. Less famous are their small endangered cousins, the bettongs. These little marsupials love to dig and have a ...
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

From desert frog to deep-sea molluscs, remarkable species at risk – IUCN Red List

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...
Scientific AmericanOpinion

Why the controversy over de-extinction risks missing the point

Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind ...
Phys.org

And then there were none: Australia's only shrew declared extinct

It's official: the only Australian shrew is no more. The latest edition of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's Red List, the world's most comprehensive global inventory on ...
Forbes

Meet 4 ‘Extinct’ Animals That Were Miraculously Rediscovered (Hint: One Was An Ancient Fish Found In A Fishing Net In 1938)

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Bird flu has spread to two Australian states. Here’s how it could accelerate our extinction crisis

The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in Western Australia. Authorities have confirmed three seabirds have died of ...