New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

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

Polar bears are running out of ice and out of time, yet inside their cells something remarkable is happening. As the Arctic ...

Thousands of glaciers have vanished over the past few decades and as the world continues to heat up, they are expected to disappear at an increasing pace. New research gives a glimpse of just how quic ...

Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, ...

Central Europe is losing ice faster than anywhere else on Earth. Global warming puts this already bad situation at risk of ...

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.

"Its return represents both ecological restoration and spiritual renewal." 'De-extinction' company announces plan to ...

A new research forecast has revealed when thousands of glaciers around the world will collapse as a result of climate change.

Archaeologists have found compelling evidence that the early humans who inhabited the Indonesian island of Flores were wiped out by climate change. Homo floresiensis, dubbed the “hobbits” for their ...