Researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate how many species could be gone by 2070.

Over the past few hundred years there have been many famous animal extinctions. Most recent animal extinctions are all down ...

Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Hundreds of species have gone extinct in recent centuries, but losses are few among larger classification levels, meaning we ...

Overall, the total mass of marine organisms has generally increased over the past 500 million years, the study showed, albeit with setbacks after major extinction events ... primarily comprise shells ...

Hundreds of species have gone extinct in recent centuries, but losses are few among larger classification levels, meaning we are not witnessing a mass extinction just yet, according to a study ...

Just as heat waves can strain the human body, they’re taking a growing toll on the world’s wildlife. Recent studies show that extreme heat and climate change have contributed to major declines in ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The Sedgwick County Zoo has announced the birth of an animal that is critically endangered in the wild. This Chacoan peccary was born to female Pickle. It’s the third baby for ...

Two Mississippi teenagers discovered a mastodon jaw bone while playing in a creek. The jaw bone, estimated to weigh 70-90 pounds, was later identified by the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. The ...