Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the primary drivers ...

Altering natural habitats for agriculture is the single biggest driver of extinctions. Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Now, new maps link the ...

Humans have wiped out around 1,400 bird species – twice as many as previously thought – with major implications for the ongoing biodiversity crisis, a new study has found. Many of the world’s islands ...

A new report that links global warming to the recent extinction of dozens of amphibian species in tropical America is more evidence of a large phenomenon that may affect broad regions, many animal ...

Cats have contributed to over 60 global extinctions. While you might find it’s safe to let your domestic cat roam around outdoors, they pose a massive risk to their prey. While we see them as fluffy ...

While we see them as fluffy companions, domestic cats are one of the world’s most efficient killers, linked to over 60 global extinctions. This has widely contributed to “cat wars”—the tension between ...