The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

Costa Rica’s bare-necked umbrellabird, a striking black bird with a red throat pouch and crest, is in trouble. A new study in Nature Ecology & Evolution warns it’s among 500 bird species worldwide ...

The event has been attributed to intense global warming triggered by a period of volcanic activity in Siberia, known as the ...

Neanderthals have long been the subject of intense scientific debate. This is largely because we still lack clear answers to ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Cooked in an enormous wok over high heat, these noodles are packed with smoky street flavor. The giant kadai method makes all ...

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

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the ...

We’ve all heard that human overpopulation is a crisis. In 2017, Bill Nye warned us about the planet’s “people problem,” and ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

With a plastic bowl, she delicately scooped up a tiny jewel of an insect clinging to the tent: a Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly. “It's got a black, fuzzy body,” Henry said.