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A Volcanic Eruption with lava flowing down from the mountain. By Tetiana Grypachevska on Unsplash

We now know what caused Earth’s largest extinction event – and it is happening again

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We now know what caused Earth’s largest extinction event known as the Great Dying - and it is happening again

A turtle swimming in the ocean, which is an a bright blue green colour. Credit: Randall Ruiz on Unsplash

World’s First State of Migratory Species Report

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World's First State of Migratory Species Report was published this February 2024 and nearly 44 percent of species are showing a decline.

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Race to save red handfish in Tasmania

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Conervationists are in a Race to save red handfish in Tasmania this summer against high seas, rising temperatures and habitat loss.

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Video Episode 21 | Earth’s Mass Extinctions

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Earth's mass extinctions were Ordovician, Devonian, Permian, Triassic & Cretaceous which killed the dinosaurs. Now we are on to the 6th one called the Holocene.

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From Silent Spring to Silent Crisis — How humanity is on the road to wiping out one million species

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A new report by IPBES warns that at the current rate, we are well on the way to putting one million species and biodiversity on the road to extinction.

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Climate Change claims its first victim: The Bramble Cay melomys is now extinct

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The Bramble Cay melomys was a rodent that lived solely on a tiny sand island in the Torres Strait, near the coast of Papua New Guinea.