Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...

reef-building corals are declining at an alarming rate: 2008's first-ever comprehensive global assessment of these animals revealed that a third of reef-building corals are threatened. Perhaps one of ...

Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers ... "Most species don't have just one threat putting them at risk of extinction, but many threats acting together." Duke University ecologist Stuart ...

Humans are causing enormous damage to the Earth, and about 1 million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction.

Almost a quarter of main freshwater animal species including ... that they’re providing economically.” One example of the consequences of extinction might be that the loss of a predator ...

Nearly a quarter of freshwater animal species, from fish to dragonflies,face high risk of extinction worldwide ... have been lost between 1970 and 2015, a rate three times faster than the ...

A number of animals, plants and an entire ecosystem were added to Australia's extinction watch list in 2024. We look at the new species under threat.

Despite covering just 1% of the Earth's surface, freshwater ecosystems are home to 10% of all animal species ... statistic that one in four species faces the risk of extinction.

Since the 1600s, nearly 700 vertebrate species have been lost to extinction, while current trends indicate over 1 million species will likely be facing a similar fate. Portrait of grey wolf in the ...

DDT accumulates in the fatty tissues of animals, leading to biomagnification ... leading to a significant drop in eagle reproduction rates. By the early 1960s, the bald eagle population had plummeted ...

A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's priority species. The research highlights the urgent need for increased funding ...