The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

Guryul ravine in Kashmir preserves the world's clearest geological record of the "Great Dying", Earth's most devastating mass ...

One of the world’s rarest whale species is having more babies this year than in some recent seasons, but experts say many ...

Our planet is no stranger to changes. Ever since the world was formed more than four billion years ago, it has seen a number ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% ...

With copper-blue blood prized by modern medicine and a body plan older than dinosaurs, the horseshoe crab reveals how ancient ...

When most people think of massive snakes, the first one that comes to mind is the anaconda. Anacondas might be the largest ...

Researchers are trying to understand why some wild species do better than others over time, as the environment changes.

How much does it matter where you are born, or whether you are heavy or light, if you are a house sparrow? Researcher Kenneth ...

Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...