Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Across the globe, a small number of animal species are now so rare that only a few individuals remain in the wild. Habitat ...

While the birth is sparking joy, infant mountain gorillas are vulnerable, and twins can be twice as hard for a mother to take ...

Few people know that the Zebra had a close relative, native to South Africa, that went extinct in the late 1800s. Here’s its story. Countless species have come and gone in the short history of life on ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

Should we bring back extinct animals? Wrong question. Why are we bringing back extinct animals when we have animals, plants, and fungi that are going extinct now, daily? By 2050, up to half of all ...

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

Prototaxites are something of a prehistoric mystery. They were the first giant organisms on land, towering over ancient ...

A Republican-led House committee advanced a bill that would remove the Mexican gray wolf from the endangered species list, ...