Scientists around the world are warning that Earth may already be entering a sixth mass extinction event driven by climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, and collapsing ecosystems. As species ...

High plant extinction rates are projected for southern Europe, the western U.S. and southern Australia by 2100, posing risks to plant species like these eucalyptus trees growing in Australia.

Emperor penguins have braved cold, storms, starvation and predation to breed, ensuring their population survives. But climate change might defeat the iconic Antarctic birds. It’s the breakup and loss ...

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced genomes alongside global datasets. The research reveals that these bizarre, ...

LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Biodiversity loss is emerging as a systemic risk to the global economy and financial stability, a landmark report said on Monday, urging companies to act now or potentially ...

Waterbears seem overpowered because they can survive conditions that would instantly kill most animals. This video compares their extreme resilience against the biological limits that constrain other ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday. The treasure trove of ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within. But there’s a hidden ...

Sharks are one of the most misunderstood and probably stereotyped creatures in the ocean. I mean, movies like Jaws made them seem like relentless, mindless predators but the reality is far more ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption of an old debate on whether species' age plays ...

Almost all life on land and in the ocean was wiped out during "The Great Dying," a mass extinction event at the end of the Permian Era about 250 million years ago. New evidence suggests that the Great ...