An international study led by the University of Liège proposes a new map of the potential for natural vegetation on Earth, ...

I’m not sure whether it was elementary school science classes or Fred Flintstone’s Brontosaurus burgers that made the giant herbivore one of the most recognizable dinosaurs to me as a kid. But for ...

Ultimately, the extinction of humans "would reveal something about the way we treated the Earth," said Basmajian. "It would ...

Imagine a prairie. How many plant species do you see? Maybe you're picturing yellow coneflowers, some little bluestem, ...

More than 96% of deforestation, or human-caused, permanent removal of forest cover, occurs in the tropics.

The loss of common flora and fauna can make food webs unstable, with big consequences for entire ecosystems, a Swiss study has shown.

New fossil studies reveal that ancient predators like saber-toothed cats vanished rapidly after their primary prey species declined.

Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as ...

A first-of-its-kind study traces the rise of ant- and termite-eaters, revealing how mammals returned to the evolutionary table — at least a dozen times — to hone traits for feasting on the social ...

Earth system scientists developed the planetary boundaries framework for measuring and tracking the stability and resilience ...

Not a map really, but a 5-foot-high chart showing in one glance 4,000 years of human history on a global scale. Thirty years ...

Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?