Scientists have long treated mass extinctions as events locked deep in the fossil record. That framing now feels less distant ...

Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current trend of global warming. Changes in climate that occur over short ...

Viral parrot videos fuel soaring demand, but behind the fame lies a deadly global trade. Conservationists reveal how social ...