Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the "sixth mass extinction"—the first to be caused by ...

The ambitious expedition aims to fill data gaps about the glacier-sea boundary to predict when the world might tip into a ...

Earth’s history has been shaped by five mass extinctions—catastrophic periods when life changed so dramatically that entire ...

When I explain my research interests to new acquaintances, I’m often asked questions like “what would you do if you met a ...

Tasmanian tigers, otherwise known as thylacines, have been extinct since 1936. The species — which looks like a strange mix ...

When the rock now known as the Chicxulub impactor plummeted from outer space and slammed into the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

Some fireflies species are in trouble, but here’s why they won’t completely disappear – and simple ways you can help save ...

A new study has succeeded in mapping, on a global scale, the fungal network that supports plant life and helps regulate our ...

If the global community can’t stop China’s atrocities against the Uyghurs, it must help us keep our culture alive in exile.

The fins of the guitarfish are sold for hundreds of dollars in Asian markets to make soup, a trade pushing them toward ...

When fire returns before the new generation of trees can produce seed of their own, alpine ash forests can fail to regenerate ...