But earlier this month, researchers announced something overwhelmingly positive: Green sea turtles, the iconic marine species ...

University of Cambridge researchers have developed a new way to measure the impact of our food production on other species' ...

Two recently examined fossils suggest that Australia’s First Peoples valued big animals for their fossils as well as for ...

Many experts have concluded the planet is in the midst of a mass extinction event — during which large numbers of plant and ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

The planet is on the cusp of triggering the sixth mass extinction event. Conserving a small percentage of land could make all ...

Eating meat-heavy diets speeds up species extinction, while plant-based diets use less land and help save wildlife.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, ...

For almost 200 years, no one knew where the last living great auks were. Using DNA testing, one of them was found in ...

Some experts believe that we're already in a sixth mass extinction event, but given the numbers, others aren't so sure.