Animal Populations, Extinction Threats and Biodiversity

The Potomac river is a more vivid symbol of American history than any of the monuments along it | United States (2021)

It is too expensive to protect them from poachers | Middle East & Africa (2023)

The Impossible Ethical Bargain Behind African Safaris (2023)

Hunting and habitat loss drove many large mammals in Europe close to extinction. But, the continent’s mammal populations are flourishing again than... (2022)

OneZoom is a one-stop site for exploring all life on Earth, its evolutionary history, and how much of it is threatened with extinction. (2021)

Species across land, rivers and seas decimated as humans kill for food in unsustainable numbers and destroy habitats (2014)

Habitat loss is the biggest threat to the world’s animals. Without improvements in crop yields, thousands of species could see much of their habita... (2021)

Wild mammal biomass has declined by 85% since the rise of humans. But we can turn things around by reducing the amount of land we use for agriculture. (2021)

A new study estimates there are just 7,100 now left in the wild as they face growing conflict with humans. (2018)

Reversing the trend will require nations to jointly confront the loss of biodiversity, along with climate change, the report says. "Up to 1 mill... (2019)

Researchers don’t know enough about giraffes—and as populations dwindle, they’re running out of time. (2021)

The number of bee species appears to have declined sharply in the past 30 years, which could mean many types of bee are extinct or so rare that no ... (2021)

Though the continent has lost 3 billion birds since 1970, those losses are hard to glean because it’s the commonest species that have been hit hard... (2019)