Irrawaddy dolphins are rapidly disappearing across Asia. Scientists warn that fishing nets, pollution and habitat loss are ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

For a long time, the prevailing theory was that dinosaurs were already in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

Among sharks and rays, species within the first four million years of existence are significantly more likely to go extinct than older species, according to a study led by researchers from the ...

What is a mass extinction? Extinction is a part of life, and animals and plants disappear all the time. About 98% of all the organisms that have ever existed on our planet are now extinct. When a ...