Worldwide famine. Contaminated water supplies. Mass human extinction. Could any of these things actually occur if the active supervolcano under Yellowstone was to suddenly erupt? Here's what science ...

Ecologist and wildlife conservationist Robin Johnson details how Craig Y Perthi could save the Gwent Levels from its current trajectory of decline.

For the last 10,000 years, thousands of species have perished from the Holocene extinction event, which is still ongoing.

A study examining fossilized droppings reveals the kākāpō has faced a decline in the diversity of its parasites—and that ...

How do scientists monitor the populations of the threatened California red-legged frog? With careful listening and a little ...

Residents and climate activists dressed in black gathered for "A Funeral for Nature" in Bournemouth Gardens on Sunday. The procession, organised by Extinction Rebellion Bournemouth, Christchurch & ...

Earth's biodiversity is in crisis. An imminent "sixth mass extinction" threatens beloved and important wildlife. It also ...

Enormous numbers of marine and land-based plants and animals died, ecosystems collapsed and oceans acidified. What has been less clear, however, is why it got so hot and why “super greenhouse” ...

A previously unknown reptile species with a striking skin crest has been identified by Dutch paleontologist Stephan Spiekman ...

A new study reveals that ocean acidification, triggered by a massive carbon dioxide surge from volcanic activity during the ...

An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified ...