Global heating may breach 1.5°C in 2024 – here’s what that could look like
Above 1.5°C, humanity risks provoking heatwaves so intense they defy the human body’s capacity to cool itself
2023 in a blink: 10 top wildlife stories of the year
Down To Earth recaps the primary environment, health and developmental news from 2023
Saltwater crocodiles are slowly returning to Bali and Java. Can we learn to live alongside them?
Historically, crocodiles lived throughout the Indonesian archipelago but were killed off in Bali, Lombok and Java
Rewilding Tasmania with emus will be good for the island state’s ecosystems
Why did the Tasmanian emus go extinct and should we reintroduce them?
As we fight to protect species on the brink of extinction, let’s not forget the familiar ones
To conserve nature, we must maintain our focus on the familiar
SBSTTA-25: Delegates move forward on recommendations to implement Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Synergy between climate change & biodiversity recognised; work on indicators to continue till next meeting
Scientists discover four-winged dinosaur fossil in China
Reptile lived 125 million years ago and is the largest ever
Vulture nemesis still in drug store shelves
Ban on diclofenac flouted by over a third of the pharmacies
Northern white rhino on verge of extinction
Only six members left after male’s death on Friday
South Asian nations will now cooperate to save the vulture
Most rapid decline in vulture populations recorded in Asia
A newly identified ‘Hell chicken’ species suggests dinosaurs weren’t sliding toward extinction before the fateful asteroid hit
A study has recognised three related, chicken-like dinosaurs in North America’s Hell Creek Formation
Over 17,000 tree species face heightened risk of extinction due to global change
Scientists say current IUCN Red List status may be an underestimation of risks for many tree species
The world’s spectacular animal migrations are dwindling. Fishing, fences and development are fast-tracking extinctions
Human exploitation of migratory species is the main reason why these species are in decline
A female-only herd of European bison in war-torn Ukraine is looking for mates
After all male bison in Zalissia National Nature disappeared during Russian invasion, WWF launches campaign to translocate bull bison and …
World on brink of 6 interconnected risk tipping points: UN report
Human activities driving risk tipping points like extinctions, depleting groundwater, melting glaciers, space debris, unbearable heat and …
Sixth mass extinction more severe than estimated, 73 genera vanished since 1500: Study
Human actions fuel surge of genus extinctions; extinctions due in 18,000 years happened in last 5 decades
Australia to make efforts at saving koalas, 108 other ‘priority species’ over next 10 years
Canberra launches new federal action plan for threatened species conservation and recovery
What happens to the natural world if all the insects disappear?
When insect numbers decrease everything higher up in the food web will suffer. This is already happening
Humans now drive evolution on Earth, both creating and destroying species
Human activity doesn't just reduce biodiversity – new research explores how we are continually creating newspecies and ecos
Plants are going extinct up to 350 times faster than the historical norm
Conserving biodiversity 'hotspots' like Madagascar doesn't mean leaving out coldspots
Giant sea lizards: Fossils in Morocco reveal astounding diversity of marine life 66 mn years ago
Far from declining at the end of the Cretaceous, marine reptiles — especially mosasaurs — evolved to become increasingly diverse
A season in hell: Bushfires push at least 20 threatened species closer to extinction
Burnt species include the long-footed potoroo, Kangaroo Island’s glossy black-cockatoo and the Spring midge orchid
Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (December 29, 2019 – January 5, 2020)
Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology
Rare dinosaur eggs found in Narmada Valley show how ancient reptiles shared traits with today’s birds: Study
Eggs belong to 6 species, suggesting a higher diversity of these extinct giants in India
Sixth mass extinction will be worse than previously thought, say scientists
The population of around 33% of the species currently categorised as ‘non-threatened’ by the IUCN Red List show a declining trend