Human-caused mass extinctions can be prevented if we take action now, according to an international coalition of ecologists ...

Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world's land mass could help protect one third of the world's threatened and unique tetrapod (four-limbed vertebrate) species.

Saving the planet from another mass extinction could be as simple as protecting just 1.2 per cent ... amphibians and rare plant species," study co-author Andy Lee says. Researchers took data ...

Scientists who study the fossil record refer to the "Big Five" mass extinctions that have taken ... at the COP15 summit try to fix targets for protecting nature for the next decade ...

29, 2024 — Researchers predict that 12.7% of marine teleost fish species are at risk of extinction ... 2024 — An internationally collaborative study delves into how fluctuating rainfall ...

Some have left behind fossils that we can study, but most have disappeared ... These are called mass extinctions and they've been caused by things like asteroids, giant volcanic eruptions and ...

In yet another example of the cascading effects of mass extinction and pesticide overuse, the decline of bats has been linked ...

In a new study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers pieced together the chemical identity of the asteroid ...

A deadly strain of avian influenza that's swept the globe could reach Australia this month, prompting concerns thousands of ...

Conservation efforts directed towards just 0.7% of the world's land mass could help protect one third of the world's ...

In a new study published Thursday in the journal Science, researchers pieced together the chemical identity of the asteroid that fueled the planet’s fifth mass extinction event. The dino killer ...