Collagen from a fossilized bone fragment can identify the animal it came from. And, some new info about our galaxy’s eventual ...

From the vanishing of 10 billion snow crabs in Alaska's Bering Sea to the first mammal officially declared extinct due to ...

Food security is improving, not worsening. Experts say we produce more than enough food, hunger is declining, and innovation ...

From mastodons to ancient rhinos and giant deer, large herbivores have been shaping Earth's landscapes for millions of years.

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Larks and other bird species are flourishing in Germany’s solar parks, where breeding success exceeds that of many other ...

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting ...

Scientists warn that the fate of Earth’s trees holds the key to our planet’s future stability.

The Ordovician Period was around 485 to 444 million years ago and had a thriving ecosystem beneath the water, before fauna ...

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

On May 22, the world celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity, at a time when the disappearance of species is at the highest rate in human history.

Experts dedicated to protecting rare gecko species have expressed alarm at seeing the animals featured on social media, ...