The oceans have always been alive with mystery, beauty, and change. For the first time, scientists have measured how much ...

The loss of common flora and fauna can make food webs unstable, with big consequences for entire ecosystems, a Swiss study has shown.

Probability and Statistics Group research at the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

The gentle giraffe faces multiple threats across Africa. Foremost of these are habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation, ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

In two new studies, researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have shed ...

Ultimately, the extinction of humans "would reveal something about the way we treated the Earth," said Basmajian. "It would ...

New fossil studies reveal that ancient predators like saber-toothed cats vanished rapidly after their primary prey species declined.

More than 96% of deforestation, or human-caused, permanent removal of forest cover, occurs in the tropics.

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

Extinction of animals and plants. Read scientific research on the dinosaur extinction, future mass extinctions, and endangered species. What can be done?

Reports of fewer fireflies in recent years have sparked worry for the future of the insect’s population. More sightings this summer have boosted hopes for the survival of the insect.