The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

Scientists have long treated mass extinctions as events locked deep in the fossil record. That framing now feels less distant ...

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.

A mass extinction event is already underway. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The present extinction rate of life on Earth doesn't ...

According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current trend of global warming. Changes in climate that occur over short ...

For a long time, the prevailing theory was that dinosaurs were already in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth ...

Today’s extinction rates are sky-high. But scientists debate if that’s sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is undergoing a mass extinction event—or whether that’s even a helpful designation.