A groundbreaking new study has revealed that apparently 930,000 years ago, our ancestors were down to an astonishingly small ...

When daily newspapers and mainline Protestant denominations and Elks Lodges fade into irrelevance, when sit-down restaurants ...

Wolf conservationists say the truly dire matter is protecting America’s wild gray wolves — but that’s not as cute and cuddly ...

The spurious idea of 'de-extinction' offers us the illusion of undoing one of the great catastrophes of our own era ...

Coelacanths once thought to be extinct, have resurfaced in the modern world. Recently, researchers have uncovered the most pristine coelacanth fossil ever found, dating back hundreds of millions of ...

Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...

Discover how crocodiles survived two mass extinctions thanks to their flexible diets and habitats, according to research.

My childhood growing up in Pacific Grove, California was blessed with the kind of exposure to and immersion in nature that all kids deserve. We ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation says, along the California coast, 4.5 million monarchs overwintered in the ...

For scientists and conservationists, knowing how species survive planetary crises can lead to more effective protection of vulnerable species.

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...