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Our wonderful wetlands need protection now
Humanity is amazed by our natural world but fails to value its importance to our survival
Grass roots of Ice-Age extinctions
Mammoths and sabre-tooth cats once roamed the continent, but were our ancient ancestors responsible for their disappearance?
We’re killing off life, but there is hope
Sipho Kings reports on the findings of a mega government report on the state of our plants and animals, and what’s being done to secure their future
One million species risk extinction due to humans — draft UN report
Biodiversity loss and global warming are closely linked, according to the 44-page Summary for Policy Makers
Climate change claims its first mammal extinction
Climate change has eaten away at the only known habitat where the rodent had evolved to live
Editorial: Our moment of reckoning is now
'At the M&G we have committed to redoubling efforts to ensure we offer even greater prominence to the threat of climate change'
Fossil teeth reveal new facts about a mass extinction 260 million years ago
A study has found that a local event rather than a global shift in climate caused the mass extinction in South Africa
Hunters should stop using lead bullets and help save the vultures
A new threat to vultures is emerging: lead poisoning from ammunition used by game hunters
Why coral reefs are important and why they are dying
More than 11 billion pieces of plastic larger than five centimetres wide are littering coral reefs across the Asia-Pacific region
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