Over the past century and a half, humanity has witnessed the extinction of numerous animal species, primarily due to human activities such as habitat destruction, poaching, and climate change. While ...

When Sir David Attenborough talks, we listen. That’s why we just couldn’t miss the March 31 premiere of “Extinction – The Facts” presented by PBS. Lifelong broadcaster and natural historian David ...

Arizonasaurus was an archosaur from the Middle Triassic.

Earth's worst mass extinction event was 'The 'Great Dying' some 252 million years ago – long before the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs. It was the most severe extinction event of the past 500 ...

Tropical waters would experience the greatest loss of biodiversity, while polar species are at the highest risk of extinction. Climate-driven ocean warming and oxygen depletion would be the primary ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Human-induced greenhouse gas emissions are insidiously warming the world’s oceans and will severely threaten biodiversity in the coming centuries, a Princeton University study ...

The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act's power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the ...

Joshua Davies receives funding from the NSERC discovery program, as well as the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI). Brenda C. Rocha received funding from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) ...

A new study rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late Cretaceous. The results confirm the hypothesis that it was a giant meteorite ...

A sobering nature program with David Attenborough airs on PBS. And FX debuts a documentary about women in comedy. By Gabe Cohn Between network, cable and streaming, the modern television landscape is ...