Human interactions have driven many animal species to extinction around the world. Whether through habitat destruction, ...

Shifts in Earth's orbit around the sun influence the start and end of Ice Ages over tens of thousands of years and human ...

Exciting news on the extinction front emerged last week from Indonesia: An orangutan used a rope bridge strung high between ...

Should scientists intervene when faced with the possible self-destruction of a species? That question sits at the heart of ...

After 225 years extinct, scientists have sequenced DNA and edited cells to move the bluebuck closer to a return.

A poignant recounting of the tangled and unnatural histories of extinction and empire, and how extinction is not necessarily inevitable but instead, is a political choice. One of the most famous and ...

For decades, scientists have been trying to unravel the mystery surrounding the extinction of Neanderthal, ancient humans, in ...

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...