The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of ...

Humans have driven sharks and their cousins to the brink of extinction. The health of the entire ocean is at stake.

More scientists are beginning to feel that crunch.

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

The pygmy hippo soared to stardom, largely thanks to her keeper who shared adorable pictures and videos of her on social media.

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.

The Trump administration's decision to shelve a crucial $15 million federal grant jeopardises vital climate research, leaving ...

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

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 ...