The world is currently experiencing its sixth mass extinction, with potentially thousands of species lost every year.

The Holocene Extinction sounds pretty scary ... Also, keep in mind we use a lot of animals to do things like, oh, feed us. So, yeah, this might become something of an issue.

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

Livelihood diversity wasn't just a feature of ancient African societies; it was key to survival. New research covering millennia of African history reveals that livelihood diversification enabled ...

A study led by the University of Maine used the presence (and eventual lack thereof) of elephant seals to illustrate how the area transformed in a warm period in the recent past. The research was ...