Researchers have warned that the findings should not be used as a ‘carte blanche’ for destructive human behaviour.

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

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

After his company, Colossal Biosciences, successfully revived the dire wolf from extinction, he's ready to continue to change ...

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

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack Hatfield.

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.

The last Chinese paddlefish ( Psephurus gladius) was seen alive in 2003, and they've been declared extinct. Due to their ...

For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, but a new study suggests these fears may ...

Australia has lost another native mammal, the Christmas Island shrew, officially declared extinct. This tiny insect-eating ...

Estimating the precise number of species at risk is difficult given the unpredictability of the hurricane’s path.