Some experts believe that we're already in a sixth mass extinction event, but given the numbers, others aren't so sure.

Mississippi Delta early Holocene RSL record. (CREDIT ... a ice connection that formerly joined two gargantuan domes of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. Its extinction in the study corresponds with ...

In the past 6 months, four to five fierce typhoons have whipped the southern China's coastlines, ravaging both infrastructure and thousands of residents.

The “godfathers” of AI have joined an unlikely mix of royals, politicians, business leaders, and TV personalities in signing a statement urging a ban on developing “superintelligence” over fears it ...

When the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) announced in 2018 that the youngest subdivision of the Holocene epoch would be called the Meghalayan Age, a ripple of pride passed across the ...

Extinction rates have slowed across many plant and animal groups, despite claims that the planet is experiencing another “mass extinction”. New research from the University of Arizona unexpectedly ...

In a remarkable win for both people and the planet, the Eurasian beaver — once hunted to near extinction in France — is making a triumphant comeback. A single beaver family that arrived in the tiny ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

With fewer than 3,100 Indian wolves left — and barely 12% living inside protected areas — the world’s most ancient wolf lineage is vanishing fast. The IUCN has listed it as Vulnerable, warning that ...