Over the past week, the media have been inundated with news of the "de-extinction" of the dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus)—a species that went extinct about 13,000 years ago. The breakthrough has been ...

But some activists and scientists have pointed out the dubious nature of these claims, criticizing the murky science of de-extinction. To date, there has only been one successful attempt to bring ...

That includes solving Rubik’s cubes at world record speeds, which comes out at 11.8 bits/sec, digit memorization challenges (4.9 bits/sec), professional Tetris (7 bits/sec), and speed card ...

The world’s trees are in critical danger, with a staggering number of tree species teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a new global analysis released Monday. The decade-long ...

The timeline illustrates how swift and dramatic temperature shifts were associated with many of the world’s worst moments — including a mass extinction ... Compared with graphs based solely ...

It comes from my absolute favorite mass-extinction event—yes, I have a favorite mass-extinction event—and holding it is like holding that extinction in my hand and touching the black process ...

The biggest issue you'd face is reaching that speed in the first place. In science fiction, people often find a way to move at the speed of light. But you might find yourself asking, could your ...

The topic of human extinction — its possibility, its likelihood, even its inevitability — is everywhere right now. Major media outlets publish articles and broadcast interviews on the subject ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Scott Pelley reports on something scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction. There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet ...

In the study, Kaiho argues that the speed of environmental change is more important than the magnitude of change alone in causing massive extinction rates, because "during slow climate changes ...