Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

What happens when the biodiversity witnessed by one generation fades into memory the next? These questions are crossroads at ...

A supervolcano eruption could be one of the most catastrophic natural disasters in human history. From global climate shifts to mass extinctions, the consequences would be devastating. But what ...

Apparently, a recent mass extinction event in South America never actually happened. For four decades, it was believed that a ...

Human extinction should be a "hot topic" for our ... the extreme devastation and killing capabilities of weapons of mass destruction. Add to this the threats of nuclear weapons of war used in ...

See All Key Ideas Across the globe, no other human activity currently affects ... to drive what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction, with roughly three times more extinctions happening ...

Forest fires. Image via Depositphotos. Many scientists believe we are currently living through a sixth mass extinction, driven by human activities such as deforestation, pollution, and climate change.

More specifically, land conversion poses such a threat to wildlife that the Earth is now considered to be in a period known as the sixth mass extinction ... an option as the human population ...

Colossal Biosciences CEO and co-founder Ben Lamm gets the "Jurassic Park" comparison. When your company is trying to bring ...

Church is a professor across genetics and health science disciplines at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University and the Massachusetts ... help conservation and human health care,’” Lamm ...