The IUCN has declared the first ever marine fish extinct after an assessment led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) experts. Photo: The Java Stingaree specimen. Photo credit: Edda Aßel, Museum für ...

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 ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature reported the first fish to go extinct due to human activity. The Java Stingaree population has disappeared due to overfishing since the 1870s.

An Australian-led team has declared an elusive stingray-like creature, not seen in a generation, is now extinct. The only known specimen of a Java Stingaree was bought from a fish monger in Indonesia ...