The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of fossils buried under Arctic mud for about 250 million years. These remains, ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Brevard near Canova Park on Wednesday. There ...

For every bird that becomes a pampered internet star, countless others are snatched from the wild to feed the illegal global ...

Human beings are steadily heading towards extinction and may “already be a dead species walking”, according to a scientist.

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

Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, thinning records, and the ...

A new study on African penguins links food shortages and fishing to adult survival losses, raising the risk of extinction.

Irrawaddy dolphins are rapidly disappearing across Asia. Scientists warn that fishing nets, pollution and habitat loss are ...