The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth ...

(CN) — For the past few decades scientists and biodiversity experts have sounded the alarm on what has been called the “the ...

Hundreds of species have gone extinct in recent centuries, but losses are few among larger classification levels, meaning we ...

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

A new analysis suggests that recent extinctions have been rare, limited mostly to islands and slowing. But others argue this is all just semantics.

Scientists from Tokyo Metropolitan University have determined the genetic lineage of a now extinct plant population from ...

As the world faces the loss of a staggering number of species of animals and plants to endangerment and extinction, one scientist has an urgent message: Chemists and pharmacists should be key players ...

According to the IUCN Red List, over 47,000 plant and animal species are threatened with extinction. Most species, however, ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — An international team of scientists has published a new analysis showing that as plant species around the world go extinct, natural habitats become less productive and ...

One-third of all plant and animal species on Earth could face extinction in the next 50 years, experts say. A new study from the University of Arizona predicts that one in three species of plants and ...

A new analysis of 14,669 threatened species of plants and animals found in Europe reveals that about one fifth face the risk of extinction, and that agricultural land-use change poses a significant ...

The Endangered Species Act has been one of the country’s most valuable environmental tools, but it faces new threats. As the law turns 50, we’re asking whether this “pit bull” of an environmental law, ...