The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the aftermath of the ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

This extinct animal wasn’t actually closely related to the tiger or other modern cats, and its demise was imminent. Climate ...

A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or ...