The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Walking along the white sand beaches of Pensacola Beach, the tranquil scene of soft sand and gentle waves helps to conceal an ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all. When you purchase through ...

Protecting endangered species is very important to keep nature in balance. Every animal plays an important role in its ecosystem, and when one disappears, it affects several others. Therefore, it is ...

During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

For the vast majority of human existence, extinction has been a one-way process. If a species has gone extinct, the species is forever lost to the world, until now. Thanks to advances in genetics, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri River is now ...

It might be among the first mammals to go extinct in North America after colonization. But can scientists prove it was even a distinct species? Ian Rose In the 19th century, Indigenous people and ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic. Illustration of the extinct Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), a sirenian that ...