WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh glimpse into life on Earth at a time when flowering plants ...

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Fossils of extinct birds and mammals buried across an Australian national park could hold the secret to protecting their modern ancestors from a growing new threat, climate change. Professor Mike ...

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The milu deer, also known as the Père David's deer, is a unique deer species combining features resembling four different ...

Andrew Dreelin, an ornithologist with the Smithsonian's Great Plains Science Program, identified fascinating connections ...

The illegal trafficking of wild animals and plants has become a huge threat to the world’s biodiversity. Wildlife trafficking ...

Scientists don’t usually cross over from observation to intervention. But for the team in Warren's Jacob’s Point Marsh, the ...

Researchers studied recent extinctions from climate change to estimate how many species could be gone by 2070.

Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact ...

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, ...

Changes in rock formations from before and after the mass extinction event 66 million years ago may reflect how dinosaurs ...