Unrelenting fossil fuel addiction, cats and sprawl eradicates the superb fairywrens off the face of the earth

Australia’s superb fairywren could be extinct within decades due to climate crisis, researchers say

"The paper found “population extinction is likely to happen very fast; within the next 30–40 years in the intermediate and very high [carbon] emission scenario...Using various climate models, we found that human-induced climate change is likely to cause a high risk of population extinction within the next 50 years, even with optimistic emission scenarios." >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/01/australia-superb-fairywren-bird-climate-crisis-extinction-risk-within-decades-scientists-warn

#birds #insects #FairyWren #FossilFuels #energy #birding #cars #cats #pets #extinction

Image: Fairy wrens, N.W. Cayley , 195?

Mind-blowing thought experiment: If humans vanished, Oxford zoologist says our most likely successors might not be insects or mammals... but octopuses living under the sea.
These clever cephalopods have 500 million neurons (many in their arms!), use tools like coconut shells for shelter, solve puzzles, and show incredible adaptability.
Not a prophecy — just a reminder of how intelligent and resourceful they already are in our rapidly changing oceans.

#octopus #marinebiology #mankind #extinction

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/they-would-not-be-insects-or-mammals-humanitys-most-likely-successor-lives-under-the-sea-and-is-smarter-than-you-think/30138/

"Cryopreservation doesn’t just preserve genetic lineages – it transforms extinction from a permanent loss into a temporary inconvenience we can choose to address later."

Sadiah Qureshi for Aeon: https://aeon.co/essays/de-extinction-is-redefining-what-it-means-to-be-alive

#Longreads #Science #Extinction #Conservation #Cryopreservation

D.C. Rally Tuesday to Save Whales, Sea Turtles From Trump’s Extinction Committee https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/dc-rally-tuesday-to-save-whales-sea-turtles-from-trumps-extinction-committee-2026-03-30/

#DC #environment #marinelife #whales #turtles #extinction #AnimalRights

‘Staggering’ trade for belief-based use drives hooded vultures to near-extinction in Benin https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/staggering-trade-for-belief-based-use-drives-hooded-vultures-to-near-extinction-in-benin/

#AnimalRights #wildlife #birds #extinction #Benin #Nigeria