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extinction

Rose ringed parakeets for sale in baskets

Environment

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

Estimates based on two wildlife databases suggest 5000 species are traded around the world, with larger, more distinctive animals most at risk

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Walrus in the sea

Life

Vikings probably hunted Iceland's walruses to extinction for ivory

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Picture of ancient worm

Life

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

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Cave bear skeleton

Life

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

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We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

Life

We're pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction

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Fossilised fish

Life

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

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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

Culture

Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

Earth

Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans

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

Earth

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

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

Earth

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

In the past decade most of the oldest baobabs, many of them sprouted over two millennia ago, have died unexpectedly and few new ones are sprouting

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Earth

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

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Earth

Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs caused massive global warming

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Earth

Half of life on Earth has vanished since we arrived on the scene

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Earth

Chinese giant salamanders may already be virtually extinct

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