Some of the most beautiful creatures to grace the ancient seas, the ammonites, disappeared in the end-Cretaceous mass extinction that finished off the dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago. "It's a tragic ...

This tiny frog carried a deadly fungal pathogen that silently spread across forests and rivers worldwide, infecting amphibians on multiple continents and helping trigger one of the largest wildlife ...

For 350 million years, ammonites were the resilient masterpieces of the ancient seas. They survived the Great Dying of the ...

Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the ...

Over 200,000 years, a single species spread from a small corner of Africa to dominate every ecosystem on Earth, driving countless others to extinction along the way. This is the story of how Homo ...

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later.

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

Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by ...

Naturalist says he has been ‘overwhelmed by greetings’ as milestone is marked with event at Royal Albert Hall ...