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The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth

Life

The curious life and surprising death of the last dodo on Earth

A unique dodo specimen kept under lock and key in Oxford may have what it takes to resurrect the iconic species... but can we solve its grisly murder?

Features

mammoth skeleton in museum

Life

Extinction is a fact of life. Could we stop it – or even reverse it?

Features

UK scientists join the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests

Environment

UK scientists join the Extinction Rebellion climate change protests

News

Rose ringed parakeets for sale in baskets

Environment

Humans may be trading far more species of wildlife than we thought

News

Walrus in the sea

Life

Vikings probably hunted Iceland's walruses to extinction for ivory

News

Picture of ancient worm

Life

540-million-year-old worm was first segmented animal that could move

News

Cave bear skeleton

Life

Europe’s extinct cave bears went into decline just as humans arrived

News

We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

Life

We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

News

Fossilised fish

Life

Incredible fossil find may be first victims of dino-killer asteroid

News

Don't panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos

Earth

Don't panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos

If you read a book painting the very worst-case scenarios about what global warming means for human life you could easily panic. Here’s why you shouldn’t

Culture

Earth

Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

News

Earth

Britain’s hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years

News

Earth

Africa's 2000-year-old trees of life are suddenly dying off

News

Earth

Europeans now burn more palm oil in their cars than they eat

News

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