The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

Dinosaur extinction theories suggest populations were dwindling when an asteroid wiped them out. New research is challenging ...

In 1938, zoologist Ellis Le Geyt Troughton mourned that Australia's "gentle and specialized creatures" were "unable to cope ...

Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of the dinosaurs.

Scientists from the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have compared several methods for plant diversity ...

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

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

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