#extinctwildlife — Public Fediverse posts

Artificial eggshell comes first in attempt to revive giant flightless moa https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/19/artificial-eggshell-giant-flightless-moa-deextinction #ExtinctWildlife #Biology #Science

Artificial eggshell comes first in attempt to revive giant flightless moa https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/19/artificial-eggshell-giant-flightless-moa-deextinction #ExtinctWildlife #Biology #Science

Fiona Pardington’s portraits of the lost birds of Aotearoa New Zealand – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/04/fiona-pardington-lost-birds-aotearoa-new-zealand-in-pictures #Photography #NewZealand #Environment #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ExtinctWildlife #VeniceBiennale

Fiona Pardington’s portraits of the lost birds of Aotearoa New Zealand – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/04/fiona-pardington-lost-birds-aotearoa-new-zealand-in-pictures #Photography #NewZealand #Environment #ArtAndDesign #Culture #ExtinctWildlife #VeniceBiennale

Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Inside the company that says they can https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/colossal-biosciences-resurrects-dire-wolf #UsNews #ExtinctWildlife #GeneEditing #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Animals #Conservation #Genetics #Environment #Biology #Science #Technology #WorldNews

Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Inside the company that says they can https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/colossal-biosciences-resurrects-dire-wolf #UsNews #ExtinctWildlife #GeneEditing #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Animals #Conservation #Genetics #Environment #Biology #Science #Technology #WorldNews

Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/14/wolf-cub-preserved-permafrost-woolly-rhino #ExtinctWildlife #Science #Russia #Sweden

Wolf’s dinner preserved in Siberia for 14,400 years sheds light on woolly rhino https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/14/wolf-cub-preserved-permafrost-woolly-rhino #ExtinctWildlife #Science #Russia #Sweden

Ten Sydney harbours’ worth of threatened species habitat cleared under Albanese government in 2025, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/13/threatened-species-habitat-destruction-australia-15-year-high #LoggingAndLandclearing #ExtinctWildlife #Environment #AustraliaNews #TreesAndForests #Biodiversity #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Conservation

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/colossal-ben-lamm-deextinction-dire-wolf-dodo-tasmanian-tiger-aoe #ExtinctWildlife #GeneEditing #Science #EndangeredSpecies #Animals #Conservation #WorldNews #Genetics #Biology #Wildlife #Environment

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/colossal-ben-lamm-deextinction-dire-wolf-dodo-tasmanian-tiger-aoe #ExtinctWildlife #GeneEditing #Science #EndangeredSpecies #Animals #Conservation #WorldNews #Genetics #Biology #Wildlife #Environment

‘They didn’t de-extinct anything’: can Colossal’s genetically engineered animals ever be the real thing? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/31/colossal-ben-lamm-deextinction-dire-wolf-dodo-tasmanian-tiger-aoe #ExtinctWildlife #GeneEditing #Science #EndangeredSpecies #Animals #Conservation #WorldNews #Genetics #Biology #Wildlife #Environment

Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/beasts-of-the-sea-novel-iida-turpeinen-tragic-story-extinct-sea-cow-victim #Extinctwildlife #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Science #Finland #Culture #Europe #Books

Beasts of the Sea: the tragic story of how the ‘gentle, lovable’ sea cow became the perfect victim https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/21/beasts-of-the-sea-novel-iida-turpeinen-tragic-story-extinct-sea-cow-victim #Extinctwildlife #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Science #Finland #Culture #Europe #Books

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/11/number-of-wild-bee-species-at-risk-of-extinction-in-europe-doubles-in-10-years #Extinctwildlife #Environment #Wildlife #Insects #UKnews #Europe #Bees

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/11/fiji-ant-science-evidence-decline-insect-extinctions-remote-islands-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Pacificislands #Biodiversity #Conservation #AsiaPacific #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Science #Fiji

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/11/fiji-ant-science-evidence-decline-insect-extinctions-remote-islands-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Pacificislands #Biodiversity #Conservation #AsiaPacific #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Science #Fiji

Fiji ant study provides new evidence of insects’ decline on remote islands https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/11/fiji-ant-science-evidence-decline-insect-extinctions-remote-islands-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Pacificislands #Biodiversity #Conservation #AsiaPacific #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Science #Fiji

‘A little bit of joy’: can tiny rafts save saltmarsh sparrows from rising seas? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/wildlife-conservation-america-endangered-birds-saltmarsh-sparrows-rhode-island-rising-seas-climate #IUCNredlistofendangeredspecies #Endangeredhabitats #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Climatecrisis #Conservation #Environment #RhodeIsland #Coastlines #Worldnews #Wildlife #Sealevel #Animals #Zoology #Science #USnews #Oceans #Birds

‘A little bit of joy’: can tiny rafts save saltmarsh sparrows from rising seas? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/09/wildlife-conservation-america-endangered-birds-saltmarsh-sparrows-rhode-island-rising-seas-climate #IUCNredlistofendangeredspecies #Endangeredhabitats #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Climatecrisis #Conservation #Environment #RhodeIsland #Coastlines #Worldnews #Wildlife #Sealevel #Animals #Zoology #Science #USnews #Oceans #Birds

It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/de-extinction-extinct-giant-moa-bird-colossal-bioscience-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #AsiaPacific #Environment #NewZealand #Worldnews #Genetics #Science #Biology

It’s 12ft tall, covered in feathers and has been extinct for 600 years – can the giant moa bird really be resurrected? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jul/11/de-extinction-extinct-giant-moa-bird-colossal-bioscience-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #AsiaPacific #Environment #NewZealand #Worldnews #Genetics #Science #Biology

Is ‘de-extinction’ really possible? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2025/apr/22/is-de-extinction-really-possible-podcast #Biotechnologyindustry #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Science

Is ‘de-extinction’ really possible? – podcast https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2025/apr/22/is-de-extinction-really-possible-podcast #Biotechnologyindustry #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Science

UK conservation goals insufficient to save ants and bees, says expert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/08/uk-conservation-goals-insufficient-ants-bees #Extinctwildlife #NaturalEngland #Greenpolitics #Conservation #Ruralaffairs #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Science #UKnews #Bees

UK conservation goals insufficient to save ants and bees, says expert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/08/uk-conservation-goals-insufficient-ants-bees #Extinctwildlife #NaturalEngland #Greenpolitics #Conservation #Ruralaffairs #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Science #UKnews #Bees

Hope for Britain’s loneliest bat after second species member discovered https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/25/hope-for-britains-loneliest-bat-after-second-species-member-discovered #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #EastSussex #Animals #Mammals #UKnews

Hope for Britain’s loneliest bat after second species member discovered https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/25/hope-for-britains-loneliest-bat-after-second-species-member-discovered #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #EastSussex #Animals #Mammals #UKnews

'World's best-preserved mammoth' found in Siberia – video https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2024/dec/23/worlds-best-preserved-mammoth-found-in-siberia-video #Extinctwildlife #Evolution #Worldnews #Science #Biology #Russia #Europe

'World's best-preserved mammoth' found in Siberia – video https://www.theguardian.com/science/video/2024/dec/23/worlds-best-preserved-mammoth-found-in-siberia-video #Extinctwildlife #Evolution #Worldnews #Science #Biology #Russia #Europe

Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/23/baby-mammoth-russia-best-preserved-ever-yana #Extinctwildlife #Evolution #Worldnews #Fossils #Biology #Science #Russia #Europe

Baby mammoth in Russia is the ‘best-preserved’ ever found https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/dec/23/baby-mammoth-russia-best-preserved-ever-yana #Extinctwildlife #Evolution #Worldnews #Fossils #Biology #Science #Russia #Europe

How a ‘putrid’ find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/17/how-a-putrid-find-in-a-museum-cupboard-could-be-the-key-to-bringing-the-tasmanian-tiger-back-to-life #Extinctwildlife #Australianews #Environment #Tasmania #Wildlife #Science

How a ‘putrid’ find in a museum cupboard could be the key to bringing the Tasmanian tiger back to life https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/oct/17/how-a-putrid-find-in-a-museum-cupboard-could-be-the-key-to-bringing-the-tasmanian-tiger-back-to-life #Extinctwildlife #Australianews #Environment #Tasmania #Wildlife #Science

Tiny parasitic wasp helps save one of world’s rarest birds from extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/tiny-parasitic-wasp-rarest-species-bird-extinction-wilkins-bunting #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Birds

Tiny parasitic wasp helps save one of world’s rarest birds from extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/08/tiny-parasitic-wasp-rarest-species-bird-extinction-wilkins-bunting #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Birds

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/01/kew-botanic-gardens-study-33-dark-spots-plant-species-identification-unknown-biodiversity- #Globaldevelopment #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Taxonomy #Science #Biology #Plants #Cop16

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/01/kew-botanic-gardens-study-33-dark-spots-plant-species-identification-unknown-biodiversity- #Globaldevelopment #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Taxonomy #Science #Biology #Plants #Cop16

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/01/kew-botanic-gardens-study-33-dark-spots-plant-species-identification-unknown-biodiversity- #Globaldevelopment #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Taxonomy #Science #Biology #Plants #Cop16

Botanists identify 33 global ‘dark spots’ with thousands of unknown plants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/01/kew-botanic-gardens-study-33-dark-spots-plant-species-identification-unknown-biodiversity- #Globaldevelopment #Endangeredspecies #Extinctwildlife #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment #Wildlife #Taxonomy #Science #Biology #Plants #Cop16

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in a glider are teaching it to migrate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/28/northern-bald-ibis-bird-back-from-extinction-now-scientists-in-a-glider-are-teaching-it-to-migrate-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Europe #Birds

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in a glider are teaching it to migrate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/28/northern-bald-ibis-bird-back-from-extinction-now-scientists-in-a-glider-are-teaching-it-to-migrate-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Europe #Birds

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in a glider are teaching it to migrate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/28/northern-bald-ibis-bird-back-from-extinction-now-scientists-in-a-glider-are-teaching-it-to-migrate-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Europe #Birds

This bird came back from extinction - now scientists in a glider are teaching it to migrate https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/28/northern-bald-ibis-bird-back-from-extinction-now-scientists-in-a-glider-are-teaching-it-to-migrate-aoe #Extinctwildlife #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Europe #Birds

Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/11/woolly-mammoth-genetic-code-recreated-unprecedented-detail #Extinctwildlife #Palaeontology #Worldnews #Genetics #Science #Animals #Biology

Mulleted mammoth called Chris Waddle helps scientists crack creatures’ genetic code https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/11/woolly-mammoth-genetic-code-recreated-unprecedented-detail #Extinctwildlife #Palaeontology #Worldnews #Genetics #Science #Animals #Biology

Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/27/last-woolly-mammoths-arctic-island #Extinctwildlife #Palaeontology #Evolution #Genetics #Science #Biology #Arctic

Freak event probably killed last woolly mammoths, scientists say https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/27/last-woolly-mammoths-arctic-island #Extinctwildlife #Palaeontology #Evolution #Genetics #Science #Biology #Arctic

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Extinctwildlife #Nationalparks #Deforestation #UnitedNations #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Coastlines #Amphibians #Worldnews #Indonesia #Colombia #Americas #Wildlife #Animals

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Extinctwildlife #Nationalparks #Deforestation #UnitedNations #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Coastlines #Amphibians #Worldnews #Indonesia #Colombia #Americas #Wildlife #Animals

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Extinctwildlife #Nationalparks #Deforestation #UnitedNations #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Coastlines #Amphibians #Worldnews #Indonesia #Colombia #Americas #Wildlife #Animals

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Extinctwildlife #Nationalparks #Deforestation #UnitedNations #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Coastlines #Amphibians #Worldnews #Indonesia #Colombia #Americas #Wildlife #Animals

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Extinctwildlife #Nationalparks #Deforestation #UnitedNations #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Coastlines #Amphibians #Worldnews #Indonesia #Colombia #Americas #Wildlife #Animals

Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/25/protecting-just-12-of-earths-land-could-save-worlds-most-threatened-species-says-study-aoe #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Extinctwildlife #Nationalparks #Deforestation #UnitedNations #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Philippines #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Coastlines #Amphibians #Worldnews #Indonesia #Colombia #Americas #Wildlife #Animals

Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/mosquitoes-hawaii-rare-bird-honeycreeper-malaria-wolbachia-bacteria #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Malaria #Science #Hawaii #USnews #Birds

Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/mosquitoes-hawaii-rare-bird-honeycreeper-malaria-wolbachia-bacteria #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Malaria #Science #Hawaii #USnews #Birds

Millions of mosquitoes released in Hawaii to save rare bird from extinction https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/21/mosquitoes-hawaii-rare-bird-honeycreeper-malaria-wolbachia-bacteria #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Insects #Animals #Malaria #Science #Hawaii #USnews #Birds

Global wildlife crime causing ‘untold harm’, UN report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/13/global-wildlife-crime-untold-harm-un-report-unodc-aoe #Illegalwildlifetrade #Extinctwildlife #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife

Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral procession https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/chris-packham-joins-environmental-activists-in-mock-funeral-procession #Naturedocumentaries #ExtinctionRebellion #Television&radio #Extinctwildlife #ChrisPackham #Environment #Wildlife #Science #Culture

Chris Packham joins environmental activists in mock funeral procession https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/20/chris-packham-joins-environmental-activists-in-mock-funeral-procession #Naturedocumentaries #ExtinctionRebellion #Television&radio #Extinctwildlife #ChrisPackham #Environment #Wildlife #Science #Culture