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

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

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 ...

In two new studies, researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, have shed ...

Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The oceans have always been alive with mystery, beauty, and change. For the first time, scientists have measured how much ...

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?

A 259-million-year-old fossil skull of Yinshanosaurus angustus has been found, filling a key evolutionary gap in ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

Do you think you know which species are most vulnerable in an ecosystem? A novel analytical method developed by Italian ...

The 12-foot bird roamed the country for 4,000 years until they became extinct about 600 years ago, mainly because of ...

A $15 million federal grant was supposed to help scientists better understand how the warming climate is harming plants and animals, setting many on paths toward extinction. But the Trump ...