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 ...

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.

The IUCN has declared the first ever marine fish extinct after an assessment led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) experts. In a disheartening discovery, the elusive Java Stingaree (Urolophus ...