An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In recent ...

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

This article is a summary of Roy Ratcliffe’s recently released book ‘Life on Earth’ (Past, Present and Future)’. Of all the millions of species of life that have existed on earth over billions of ...

In eastern China, fossils of dinosaurs called Anchiornis have been discovered with their feathers intact. These specimens, 160 million years old, offer a unique opportunity to study the anatomy ...

Bison thrive in bitter cold by plowing snow and growing thick coats to withstand harsh winds. Learn how these resilient ...

Scientists treated the ‘untreatable’, species bounced back, solar surged, deforestation fell, rivers were revitalised, plus ...

Learn why sardines vanished, leaving tens of thousands of African penguins starving during their annual moult along South Africa’s coast.

Seemingly overnight, things are happening that have the potential to result in an extinction-level event for movies as we know them.

Calling consciousness an "entropic engine" points to something psychologically obvious: selfhood costs energy. Maintaining a stable "me" model across time, contexts, and internal contradictions ...

The Nevada protesters, some of them Indigenous, have called it a SLAPP lawsuit, or a strategic lawsuit against public participation meant to intimidate critics.

Some feathered dinosaurs may have lost the ability to fly, revealing that the evolution of flight was far more complex than ...

Every episode of season 5 of The Big Questions podcast is now available, where we explore the biggest questions in science ...