More about extinction (videos)
Discover more about extinct and endangered species
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Watch this video to find out how zoos are helping to ensure that the charismatic tiger isn't lost forever.
Conservation and research videos
In these 3 short videos, find out about international projects attempting to save the endangered tiger and orang-utan, and explore the lessons learned from the baiji river dolphin.
Watch our conservation projects and research videos.
Mapping species and extinction videos
Step into the Borneo rainforest and peat swamps of Southeast Asia to discover our research into how many species exist worldwide and what creatures and plants are under pressure.
Watch our biodiversity and extinction videos.
Saving species from extinction
The survival of many species hangs in the balance, brought to the brink of extinction by humans. How are conservation efforts helping and will it be possible to bring back extinct species?
Find out more about saving species from extinction.
Mass extinctions
What were the big 5 mass extinction events that each wiped out over half of all species alive at the time?
Find out about mass extinctions.
Recent plant and animal extinctions
Many scientists believe humans are causing a 6th mass extinction. Discover some of the wildlife that humans have tragically driven extinct in the past few centuries.
Find out more about recent extinctions.
Extinct animals in our galleries
From dinosaurs and dodos to giant mammals like the elks and wooly mammoths, explore our Blue and Green Zone galleries and discover more about the big icons of extinction. Uncover the story of survival of life on Earth in the Red Zone's From the beginning gallery.
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