Even where there is zero scientific evidence to support it, the myth of Hawaiians hunting birds to extinctions took root.

Researchers identified an early mammal ancestor whose eggs may have helped it survive the Great Dying 250 million years ago.

Conservationists now list the penguins and seals as “Endangered.” Climate change in Antarctica has led to plunging ...

The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit tracing the animal's importance in American history.

A new report led by Conservation International and IUCN, published today in Oryx, warns that over 40% of more than 8,500 soil ...

Discovery of a Lystrosaurus embryo inside an egg proves early mammal relatives laid eggs and survived mass extinction through ...

In school, we learned about the asteroid that wiped out an estimated 76% of all creatures. Scientists now call this the fifth ...

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: ...

A new study reveals that a major cooling event 34 million years ago caused staggered marine extinctions, not a single global ...

New technology has helped a team of scientists uncover more than 20 microscopic fossils, including a species previously ...

Detailed imaging of a 250-million-year-old fossil has revealed the first proof that the ancestors of mammals laid eggs. The ...