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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Humans
Vikings probably hunted Iceland’s walruses to extinction for ivory
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Life
540-million-year-old worm was first segmented animal that could move
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Life
Europe鈥檚 extinct cave bears went into decline just as humans arrived
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Life
We’re pushing 28,000 species closer to extinction
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Life
Incredible fossil find may be first victims of dino-killer asteroid
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Earth
Don’t panic about The Uninhabitable Earth, a new book predicting chaos
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Earth
Wild animals are turning nocturnal to keep away from humans
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Earth
Britain鈥檚 hedgehog population has fallen 66 per cent in 20 years
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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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