Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...

The slender-billed curlew, a type of shorebird, has moved from the threat category "critically endangered" to officially extinct. Its extinction status was based on recent analysis from the RSPB ...

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California Human activities are the most prominent cause of species extinction today, but not the only one.

Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

This special type of cell can be engineered in the lab ... Shapiro is clear that de-extinction is not a solution to the extinction crisis, but she believes that the biotech tools she and her ...

A small team of archaeologists, geologists, paleontologists and climate scientists has found that at least one type of plesiosaur ... year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's ...

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which tells scientists about an organism's daily life.

We are researching the cause of megafaunal extinction in the last major extinction event ... will use this climate data to reconstruct the distribution of different types of vegetation (primarily ...

Today’s extinction rates are sky-high. But scientists debate if that’s sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is undergoing a mass extinction event—or whether that’s even a helpful designation.

The most extensive global assessment of freshwater animals to date has revealed that a quarter of all freshwater animal species on the IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction. The study found ...