Discover the most complete fossil of Mixodectes pungens, shedding light on early mammalian evolution, its arboreal lifestyle, ...

Chief executives of the US Gulf’s larger players, including Chevron’s Mike Wirth and Occidental’s Vicki Hollub, touted the ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate ...

From dire wolves to woolly mammoths, the idea of resurrecting extinct species has captured the public imagination. Colossal ...

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 ...

With wildlife populations globally 73% smaller on average than in 1970 and large mammals missing from much of the world, ...

Many huge animals went extinct surprisingly recently. When they died, their ecological role was lost with them.

"The Endangered Species List has become like the Hotel California: Once a species enters, they never leave," Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum wrote Cover Images via AP Images; Getty Images ...