This wasn't the first mass extinction in our planet's history, but it was one of the most transformative, reshaping ecosystems and paving the way for new life forms. The so-called Cretaceous ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Increasingly, researchers are doing the numbers, and saying, yes, if present trends continue, a mass extinction is very likely underway. The evidence is pieced together from details drawn from all ...

We're in the midst of the Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis. Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson estimated that 30,000 species per year (or three species per hour) are being driven to extinction.

Like many skeptics of the idea of “de-extinction,” she once thought there was no point to bringing back an extinct animal with no home to go to. Now, unlike the dodo, Shapiro is adapting.

A combination of water resources and dedicated people have succeeded in helping lake sturgeon thrive while they have failed elsewhere.

might be a few steps away from a return to the world of the living. The de-extinction race has been heating up in recent years. From the woolly mammoth to the dodo, the next decade might see us ...

According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic end. For months, scientists conclude, dense clouds of dust blocked the sun ...

After a pandemic intermission, Lamm and Church started Colossal in 2021, and the goal is still the same: de-extinction in service of ecosystem conservation. Wildlife populations have shrunk by 73% ...