New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's ...
As more and more "historical" checklists are added to the platform, birds we've lost now mingle with those still hanging on.
A 68-million-year-old Antarctic fossil revealed the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai, a duck-sized diver with traits linking it to today’s waterfowl.
What happens when the biodiversity witnessed by one generation fades into memory the next? These questions are crossroads at ...
Evolution is traditionally associated with a process of increasing complexity and gaining new genes. However, the explosion of the genomic era shows that gene loss and simplification is a much more ...
The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.
A blast of radio waves from the outskirts of an ancient galaxy challenges theories about what creates such bursts.
Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...
FAU, SeaWorld San Diego, and the San Diego Natural History Museum have joined forces to scan the rare skeleton of the vaquita ...
Democrats pushed back against Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency as it turns its attention to the Education ...
A trip to a local pond brings a whole new respect knowing the beaked inhabitants evolved when T-Rexes were still around.
The new skull exhibits a long, pointed beak and a brain shape unique among all known birds previously discovered from the ...