Last year, the Java stingaree became the first fish to be declared extinct as a result of human actions. Could there soon be others? In the bright coastal waters of Australia, Julia Constance has ...

Extinction isn't a relic of humanity's more barbaric past. It's happening now. In 2023, U.S. scientists declared 21 species officially extinct. Included on the shameful list are birds, mussels, fish, ...

In December 2023, scientists declared the Java stingaree (Urolophus javanicus), a species of stingray, extinct. It’s the first marine fish confirmed to have gone extinct due to human actions.

In the last 500 years, the oceans have suffered far fewer extinctions than on land&. According to a recent study in Science, 15 animals are known to have vanished forever from the oceans while ...