Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

"The more those animal populations are pushed toward extinction, the more the people involved will suffer." Authorities ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

For decades, researchers have sought proof this critically endangered possum existed in New South Wales. Now it’s arrived by ...

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe ...

"With one in six species now at risk of extinction in Wales, it has never been more important to restore nature and preserve the natural environment for future generations," he added. The RSPB has ...

No effort to save traditional varieties of rice and fish can succeed without help of consumers. The endeavour to address ...

The largest biodiversity time-series database on the planet—created by the University of St Andrews—has had a major new release. The BioTIME database offers unprecedented insight into how biodiversity ...

Amphibians—the most threatened vertebrate class on Earth—are under enormous pressure, with 41% of all species already ...

Colossal uses gene editing to bring dire wolves back from extinction, marking a breakthrough in de-extinction science with ...

Are extinct species regularly rediscovered, or is it just a myth? In this fascinating video, we explore the incredible stories of animals that have seemingly come back from extinction, turning the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the Fish Lake Valley tui chub as an endangered species, following ...