The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than a half billion years ago, showing a deep-water ecosystem thriving in the ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A recent analysis hosted at the University of Arizona has researchers arguing ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

A study by the Center for Biological Diversity published today in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ found that 2,204 species around the United States should be considered for protection under the ...