Biodiversity
138 species near extinction are unprotected, says report
Australia’s protected areas need to keep growing to cover a raft of threatened species which are not covered by any reserves.
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New government fund to stem Australian extinctions
On the day an updated Red List of endangered species is published, Australia announces a bold new conservation initiative in national parks
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‘Green List’ awards world’s top conservation sites
The IUCN, which manages the annual ‘Red List’ of threatened species, launches new ‘Green List’ of protected areas.
Biodiversity
Big increase in Earth’s protected areas
The planet’s 209,000 conservation reserves now cover 15.4 per cent of the land area, but are they doing enough to protect dwindling species?
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Dredge dumping banned on Great Barrier Reef
The government says it will ban dredge spoil dumping in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, but environment groups have raised concerns.
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World history as probe lands on comet
The Philae robot lab landed on comet 67P in the biggest achievement since humans walked on the Moon
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All systems go for historic comet landing
A robotic probe bearing a laboratory has been launched by the European Space Agency, with the hopes of landing on a comet.
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Mammals may have slept through dinosaur extinction
Madagascan tenrecs are the first known tropical mammals to hibernate for long stretches without waking
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Origins of sex reveal that fish did it sideways
Scientists identify the earliest instance of sexual reproduction in vertebrates.
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Giant prehistoric kangaroos walked, not hopped
Some giant extinct kangaroos were walkers rather than hoppers, according to new anatomical evidence.