Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth’s largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet’s worst mass ...

A study has thrown new light on the sixth mass extinction event that may be taking place right now. The outlook may be more ...

A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy.

“The extinction of the slender-billed curlew is a tragic and sobering moment for migratory bird conservation," said Amy Fraenkel, executive secretary of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory ...

For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, but a new study suggests these fears may ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

A test developed by a Florida International University scientist can detect small, elusive hammerheads without ever setting ...

Animals and plants aren't automatically taken off most national and state extinct species list in Australia if they are ...

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for their meat, according to a new study.

In New Zealand, conservationists are looking at new ways to protect the country's native bird species, some of which were ...

Iconic Reefs (M:IR) provided critical context for a new research paper published in Science that reports the functional ...