Jerome Flynn, who is best known for playing Bronn in Game Of Thrones and as one half of Robson and Jerome, joined Extinction Rebellion supporters outside Isleworth Crown Court as co-founder Dr Gail Bradbrook was spared jail. On Monday, the 51-year-old was found guilty of breaking a window in protest […]
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The scimitar-horned oryx was once widespread across North Africa, but its population plummeted after it was hunted for its horns and meat. But now the animal, also known as the Sahara oryx, is the first species from the Zoological Society of London’s Extinct in the Wild scheme to be downlisted […]
Thousands of species of freshwater fish are at risk of extinction, the International Union for Conservation of Nature said in a Monday report released at the United Nations climate conference in Dubai. The organization assessed just under 15,000 species and found 25% face possible extinction. At least 17% of the […]
Climate activist group Extinction Rebellion has claimed responsibility for scaling Venice’s famed Rialto Bridge and dumping a chemical dye into its historical Grand Canal – turning it fluorescent green under a protest banner that read: “While the government speaks, we hang by a thread.” “We know that our future is […]
By Antonio Bronic PULA, Croatia (Reuters) – A huge clam that was on the verge of extinction has made a comeback, with a surge in numbers in waters off Croatia, marine biologists say. The clam, known as the noble pen shell or pinna nobilis, started dying out as a deadly […]
It first rose to fame back in the 1920s as Snowy, the canine sidekick in The Adventures of Tintin. But new figures reveal that the Wire Fox Terrier is now at risk of extinction. The Kennel Club has shared new figures exclusively with MailOnline, showing how the breed has declined […]
The last woolly mammoths died out about 4,000 years ago, but if the folks at Colossal Biosciences have their way, a calf will be born by 2028. Scientists at the company aim to rebuild the woolly mammoth genome using samples from unearthed specimens, filling in the gaps with DNA from […]
As many as two million plant and animal species are now threatened by extinction worldwide, scientists have revealed. The study, led by Dr Axel Horchkirch of the Luxembourg Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, found that twice as many species were at risk as had previously been estimated. An analysis of 14,669 […]