As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one University of Michigan scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and ...

Cold-adapted animals started to evolve 2.6 million years ago when the permanent ice at the poles became more prevalent. There followed a time when the continental ice sheets expanded and contracted ...

By some estimates, as much as 30 percent of the world's animals and plants could be on a path to extinction within 100 years. These losses are likely to be unevenly distributed, as some geographic ...

A new study has provided fresh insights into how animals such as the woolly mammoth, musk ox and arctic fox evolved to ...

“It’s not too late to stop more plants and animals from going extinct, but we have to act fast,” said Greenwald. Bachman’s warbler: Bachman’s warbler was a small yellow and black songbird that once ...

New study shows mountain species adapt to climate change through flexible responses, not widespread extinction.

ESA enforcement has saved dozens of other species from extinction. Bald Eagles ... Less than 6 percent of the animals and plants ever placed on the list have been delisted; many of the rest ...

also known as "resurrection biology" and "reanimation," reverses extinction in plants and animals using the genetics of closely related living species, explains Colossal Biosciences, the company ...

“Adding insult to injury, the Navy isn’t living up to its duty to mitigate this harm and ensure the survival of Guam’s imperiled plants and animals. Instead of barely ... or sihek, which is extinct in ...