extinction

On mass extinction, ecological recovery and the Rose-Garden Game

Our series on 'The Vanishing' continues with a poem by Eric Nicholson, with an image by Beatrice Forshall

For The Vanishing series, Charlotte Du Cann considers the 'right' response to Earth's disappearances, through the lens of four artists and photographers.

'The Vanishing' series continues with Wild Lens Collective filmmaker Sean Bogle on the critically endangered vaquita in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico.

We begin 'The Vanishing', our new section about extinction and loss, with words and images about disappearing house martins by Emma Tuck.

Today in 'The Vanishing', Kim Schnuelle writes about the loss of the thylacine (Tasmanian tiger) and subsequent scientific attempts to restore its existence. With images from Kate Tume and Feral Theatre.

Of what use is the novel during the sixth great extinction?

'People always tell you something bad is interesting when they don’t intend to do anything about it,’ she said. David Schuman's brilliant short story from the Dark Mountain collection 'Walking on Lava'. Passenger pigeon artwork by Emily Laurens