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Feral horses to be shot from the air at Kosciuszko national park as entire ecosystem ‘under threat’

NSW environment minister Penny Sharpe says ‘threatened native species are in danger of extinction’ after authorising aerial cull

The Guardian - AU

Hope endangered corncrake can be saved as numbers increase in Scotland

Conservationists optimistic turning point reached in effort to prevent red-listed bird from extinction in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Bird flu hits Antarctica

Experts warn that if the virus reaches certain rare bird populations, "they are in threat of extinction"

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Imagine more dragons: US biotech firm aims to breed tiny Australian lizard that is near extinction

Colossal Biosciences, which is behind bid to bring back Tasmanian tiger, teams up with Melbourne Zoo to save 15cm reptile

The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas conflict: what young Palestinians think about four key issues that affect their lives

On the eighth day of the current intensification of hostilities between Israel and Hamas, I saw a tweet that said that there would be more uproar in the west if “2.2 million golden retrievers [were] being bombed to extinction in an inescapable cage” instead of Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

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Controversy over European climate activists’ criticism of Israel

Extinction Rebellion protest at The Hague accuses Netanyahu of ‘war crimes’ and running an ‘apartheid regime’

The Guardian - UK

Case against 14 Queensland climate protesters adjourned as questions raised over validity of charges

Outside Brisbane court dozens of supporters waving Extinction Rebellion flags greet defendants with cheers and chants

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Parliament protester trial delayed over 'technicality'

The trial of 14 climate change activists accused of disrupting Queensland parliament by chanting slogans has been adjourned due to an argument over legislation.

AAP

The Moon's Craters May Help Humans Predict Our Chances Of Extinction

We can estimate the chances of an extinction-sized asteroid hitting Earth by examining how many such space rocks have hit the Moon over its history.

Inverse

Speeding boats push critically endangered whales closer to extinction

North Atlantic right whales are being killed in collisions with vessels that are flouting go-slow zones in US waters, report warns

The Guardian - UK

Egypt's Rafah crossing to open to let some aid into Gaza, but timeline unclear

Israel has agreed to let aid get into Gaza through Egypt, this as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi blames Israeli bombardments for not operating the only border crossing. Also in this edition: Kenya releases the names and photos of 35 terror suspects. Finally, we report on why African penguins are on…

France 24

Extinction Rebellion climate protestors occupy City of London offices of 10 insurers

Some activists glued themselves to lobby floors

Evening Standard

Urgent Action Needed To Save World’s Largest Frog Species

Endangered mountain chicken frog nears extinction with only 21 remaining in the wild

Zenger

Dominica’s mountain chicken frog faces disappearance in ‘fastest track to extinction ever recorded’

Ecological calamity on the Caribbean island demonstrates how quickly wildlife can be destroyed, scientists say

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Of linguistic diversity

Indian classrooms are witnessing a transformation in terms of linguistic diversity, but how should this be effectively managed? Globalization has led to the standardization of languages, risking the extinction of local and indigenous languages and their associated cultures. To counter this, India should embrace translanguaging practices, providing teachers with adequate…

The Guardian - UK

The lost world: Venezuela’s unique tepui frogs face new perils

Living in carnivorous plants or rolling like balls to flee from predators, amphibians on these tabletop peaks evolved like no others. Can they avoid extinction as their home heats up?

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Wildcats released in Scottish Highlands in effort to prevent extinction in UK

Nineteen captive-bred cats released at secret location in Cairngorms in first phase of rewilding project

AAP

'Extinction risk': federal backing for feral horse cull

A federal inquiry says NSW must allow the aerial culling of brumbies in the Australian Alps, saying they pose an immediate extinction risk for native species.

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The Conversation

A tooth that rewrites history? The discovery challenging what we knew about Neanderthals – podcast

For generations, Neanderthals have been a source of fascination for scientists. This species of ancient hominim inhabited the world for around 500,000 years until they suddenly disappeared around 40,000 years ago. Today, the cause of their extinction remains a mystery.

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Australia doing a poor job of protecting unique plants

Australia is doing a very poor job of working out if its unique plants are in danger of extinction, scientists warn.

The Hindu

Conservationists advocate need for amphibian reserves to protect threatened species

A recent study based on the second global amphibian assessment undertaken by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Amphibian Red List Authority found roughly 41% of amphibian species worldwide to be facing the threat of gradual extinction.

The Hindu

Morocco fossils reveal astounding diversity of marine life just before the asteroid hit

66 million years ago, the Cretaceous period ended. Dinosaurs disappeared, along with around 90% of all species on Earth. Was it a slow, inevitable decline, or did the end come quickly, driven by a disaster?

Salon

Human extinction as a real possibility

For most of human history, we didn't think the end could possibly happen. These days, we can hardly count the ways

The Hindu

Prey, habitat dictate Asiatic wild dog-tiger coexistence, says study

Overlapping prey availability or habitat suitability could dictate a positive association between dholes and tigers, facilitating co-existence or even cooperative behaviours between the two species of carnivores, a new study has found. The dhole or Asiatic wild dog (Cuon alpinus) is the only endangered wild pack-living canid in the tropical Indian…

The Conversation

Bison are sacred to Native Americans − but each tribe has its own special relationship to them

The American bison, or American buffalo as they are commonly called, were once close to extinction. Their numbers dropped from 30-60 million to around 500 because of overhunting in the 19th century.

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