Lonesome George still lonesome - sterile?

Lonesome George might be sterile after all.  George, the last giant tortoise from the Galapagos Island Pinta, is already 90 years old.   Hopes of him finally becoming a dad look very grim now....

25% of World's Mammals Face Extinction

A reevaluation of the Red List of Threatened Species, last assessed 10 years ago, has found that over half of all mammalian species' populations are falling and that at least 25% face the risk of extinction. ...

Frogs and Toads face extinction

With one in three of all the world's amphibians on the endangered species list a new report predicts that over half of European toads, frogs and newts could be extinct in 50 years time. Climate change is predicted to...

We Hardly Knew Ye: Caribbean Monk Seal Extinct

Not seen for more than fifty years, the Caribbean monk seal has been declared extinct, with its Mediterranean cousins not far behind."Humans hunting the docile creatures for research, food and blubber left the...

Butterflies fight losing battle with climate change

Butterfiles are in decline in the UK because they are being forced into small pockets of the countryside, as climate change is drastically affecting their habitat."Dr Rob Wilson, an ecologist at Exeter University,...

Rare British species get their own wood to thrive in

There are at least 45 rare or protected species of British wildlife that will benefit from their own woodland area at what will be known as the Sunday Times Wood in Hertfordshire. One of the species that will benefit...

Wildlife extinction rates 'seriously underestimated'

Scientists have discovered that endangered species may become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought - which is a bleak re-assessment of the threat to global biodiversity."Writing in the journal Nature,...