Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...

Around 50,000 years ago, North America was home to a diverse array of megafauna. Mammoths roamed the tundra, while towering ...

The Pleistocene and Holocene epochs have been crucial periods for understanding the evolution and extinction of various animal species in the Caribbean Islands. These periods are characterized by ...

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing ...

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.

New research has identified the extent to which human colonization and hunting contributed to the extinction of New Zealand's giant flightless bird, the moa. A small team of archaeologists ...

Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was caused by the release of large volumes of sulfur from rocks within ...

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.

Getty A small marsupial species has been saved from near-extinction thanks to the ongoing work of a conservation group. The brush-tailed bettong, which resembles a tiny kangaroo and similarly ...

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% ...