Scientists warn that human-driven species loss is accelerating, with entire branches of life vanishing at unprecedented rates ...

There is an ethical dimension to the sixth mass extinction that cannot be ignored. Humans have a moral obligation to protect the planet and its inhabitants. This responsibility extends beyond ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

The dire wolf is back — at least according to the company that made headlines earlier this month for the world’s first ...

As human beings have grown wealthier, they have come to care about environmental stewardship and gained the resources to act on their newfound compassion for wildlife.

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

Scientists created a version of the extinct dire wolf. But we should be directing our resources to preventing extinction in ...

The near-extinction of India’s vultures due to diclofenac poisoning triggered an ecological and public health crisis. As ...

Human activity—causing land use change, global warming, and pollution—are driving heightened extinction rates and population declines across many taxa. Some scientists argue we’re currently facing a ...