Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and ...

Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the ...

Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared. Known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction – or the Great Dying – this was the most catastrophic of the five mass ...

Saiga antelopes, among the most ancient living mammals, are set to be reintroduced to China 75 years after they went extinct in the region, thanks to a donation of 1,500 wild individuals from ...

This projection surpasses all documented bird extinctions since 1500, highlighting the severity of potential losses. A significant international study led by University of Reading scientists, ...

The loss of unique birds like the bare-necked umbrellabird, helmeted hornbill, and yellow-bellied sunbird-asity would shrink the variety of bird forms that support ecosystems. This projection triples ...

What’s Changed—and What Hasn’t—Since the EPA’s Endangerment Finding A scientist-authored brief played a role in the 2009 determination that greenhouse gases endanger public health.

The footage from a Northern California photographer revealed a rare species in broad daylight at Lassen Volcanic National Park.

Rethinking extinction inevitably raises profound ethical questions. If we have the power to reverse extinctions, do we have the responsibility to do so? Which species should be prioritized for ...