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Bridging the nature finance gap: Germany announces €15 million contribution to halt biodiversity loss

People worry more about extinction than biodiversity loss

Endangered turtles and ‘exceptional’ coral at risk from Woodside’s gas drilling in WA, watchdog says

Exclusive: EPA flags oil spill risk from proposed gasfield and threat to pygmy blue whalesSign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereWoodside Energy’s plan to drill for gas off Western Australia’s north-west coast could significantly damage “exceptional” coral reefs and it may be impossible to reduce the risk of an oil spill to an acceptable level, accor

The aftermath of Earth's worst mass extinction: 250-million-year-old rocks from Svalbard hold traces of wildfires

We May Be Living Through a Sixth Mass Extinction—but Scientists Think Some of the First Five Never Happened

Elon Musk predicts mass extinction for AI cloud companies as SpaceX seeks $40 billion to buy more GPUs

Chinese scientists discover “D-rex,” a giant fungus with roots stretching back 65 million years

Scientists have discovered a giant new fungus in China that grows up to 20 inches tall and weighs nearly five pounds, making it the largest known of its kind. Dubbed “D-rex,” its evolutionary lineage appears to have emerged shortly after the dinosaurs went extinct, raising intriguing questions about how that ancient catastrophe may have shaped its evolution.

Scientific papers, research to test biodiversity alliance’s ambitions – President Ali

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flipped Rapidly Across A Mass Extinction About 261 Million Years Ago

New evidence suggests spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater

Millions of years after animals first conquered land, some took an extraordinary evolutionary U-turn and returned to the water. Using machine learning and thousands of fossil measurements, Yale scientists have uncovered surprising clues about which prehistoric creatures truly became aquatic. Their findings suggest that Spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater, while some ancient marine reptil

Seabirds and sewage among UNESCO status challenges

A report marking 10 years of the Isle of Man as a UNESCO Biosphere highlights the scheme's progress.

Something Went Wrong Deep Inside Earth Right Before a Mass Extinction

COP17 puts Armenia’s environmental record in the spotlight

As Yerevan hosts the global biodiversity summit, concerns over mining and environmental protection deserve scrutiny.

Project to restore rare native trees with DNA testing

Conservation groups say black poplars are endangered due to felling, land drainage and habitat loss.

This 150-million-year-old bird had dinosaur teeth and a strange secret

A 150-million-year-old fossil discovered in China reveals a bizarre early bird with sharp teeth, a dinosaur-like claw, and a body built for life on the ground rather than flight. Scientists believe it represents the earliest known example of flight loss in birds, overturning assumptions about how these animals evolved.

Coral reefs High risk of ecosystem collapse by 2075, say UN experts | The Guardian - newspaper

First Thing: Former DHS aide Lewandowski investigated over claims he profited from government role

Investigation marks a rare move by the DoJ against an ally of the US president. Plus, why the world’s coral reefs are facing a dire futureGood morning. Corey Lewandowski, a former political adviser to Donald Trump and ⁠top aide at the Department ⁠of Homeland Security, ​is under criminal investigation over allegations he profited off his role in the US government. The DoJ has not yet issued subpoen

Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Threatens Food, Medicine, And Human Survival

Almost all shallow-water coral reefs now face extinction risk, study warns

World authority on threatened wildlife classifies 96 percent of assessed coral reef systems as "critically endangered".

Earth’s magnetic field flipped rapidly across a mass extinction about 261 million years ago