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Australia’s only shrew is declared extinct after human meddling

The Christmas Island shrew, the only shrew species native to Australia, has been officially declared extinct. This small mammal, once endemic to the isolated Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, has ...
USA Today

These species are now extinct, a 'tragic and sobering moment'

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...
Earth.com

Which animal will replace humans as Earth’s dominant species? Scientists think they know

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...
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 ...

To help save NZ’s native species, we must move past the extinction blame game

Debates over responsibility for past species loss generate heat but little light. Moving forward requires context, evidence ...