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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/april/pollution-and-deforestation-pushing-fungi-towards-extinction.html
Pollution and deforestation pushing fungi towards extinction | Natural History Museum
Fungi are at risk of being wiped out before we even know much about them.
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/march/greenland-asteroid-struck-world-recovering-from-dinosaur-extinction.html
Greenland asteroid struck world recovering from dinosaur extinction | Natural History Museum
An asteroid strike in what is now Greenland has been dated to 58 million years ago, and could have caused the world to warm significantly.
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2024/december/largest-marine-reptiles-wiped-out-hidden-triassic-extinction.html
Largest marine reptiles may have been wiped out by hidden Triassic extinction | Natural History...
A series of extinction events over 200 million years ago may have sealed the fate of many marine reptiles.
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2019/may/one-million-animals-and-plants-face-extinction.html
The world is in trouble: one million animals and plants face extinction | Natural History Museum
Humanity is eroding its own life-support system, a new report finds.
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-dodo-bird-the-real-facts-about-this-icon-of-extinction.html
The dodo bird: The real facts about this icon of extinction | Natural History Museum
Despite its fame, astonishingly little is known about this large, flightless bird.
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/may/how-museum-specimens-could-help-save-koalas-from-extinction.html
How museum specimens could help save koalas from extinction | Natural History Museum
Koala numbers have fallen drastically over the last 100 years due to hunting and habitat loss.
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/plant-expert-investigates-plant-extinctions.html
Plant expert Ana Claudia Araujo investigates the extinction of our global flora | Natural History...
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https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-mass-extinction-and-are-we-facing-a-sixth-one.html
What is mass extinction and are we facing a sixth one? | Natural History Museum
Mass extinctions change the face of life on Earth. The current rate of biodiversity loss may indicate we are facing a sixth mass extinction event.
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