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.
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 ...
A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis ...
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 ...
Elon Musk’s Fork in the Road isn’t just a sculpture—it’s a monument to the tech world’s obsession with civilizational ...
But the early ancestors of today’s waterfowl survived that mass extinction event ... pointed beak and a brain shape unique ...
Alexandra Bell is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the ...