Oscar-nominated director explores a real-time ecological collapse caused by a behavioral pattern of sexual violence by male ...

A new modeling study suggests that greater connectivity between groups may have given Homo sapiens the edge over Neanderthals ...

Following the worst mass extinction event on Earth, the land was not entirely barren of life. In the wake of this cataclysm, ...

Bandicoots, a group of tiny nocturnal creatures once considered extinct, are back from the brink and making strides toward ...

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a ...

In school, we learned about the asteroid that wiped out an estimated 76% of all creatures. Scientists now call this the fifth mass extinction. You’re reading that correctly: throughout Earth’s ...

Ancient lycophytes may have survived extreme heat during Earth’s worst extinction using a rare photosynthesis method.

Learn how ancient plants survived extreme heat after the Permian–Triassic mass extinction and what their strategy could mean ...

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of species recovery and calls for urgent action to protect Europe’s aquatic ...

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