Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

In a lecture in Rio, the director of the Center for Health and Human Performance at the University of London spoke about the ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

The near-extinction of India’s vultures due to diclofenac poisoning triggered an ecological and public health crisis. As ...

The world around us is constantly changing, and with these changes come questions that challenge our understanding of life on Earth. One such question is ... Read more The post Are We Entering the ...

After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

As soon as Colossal Biosciences declared that it brought the dire wolf back from extinction, everyone felt a sense of wonder.

The damage the Trump administration has done to science in a few short months is both well documented and incalculable, but ...

Feral and free-roaming pet cats pose a grave threat to wild bird populations around the globe, with significant ecological ...