Scientists suggest protecting key animal species could play a crucial role in tackling biodiversity loss, with new research ...

More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton. This massive amphibian was an ...

In a rare step few countries have tried, New Zealand is now rushing to vaccinate 300 breeding pairs of its most endangered ...

The international team reached the conclusion after analysing nickel isotopes preserved in a thin layer of clay left behind ...

Researchers suggest fern-covered landscapes burned across thousands of square kilometers after forests disappeared.

Earth's oceans into a toxic, oxygen-starved crisis that erased nearly all marine life. Scientists have finally uncovered what separated ...

Researchers identified the Chicxulub impactor as an exceptionally rare type of asteroid that wouldn't have triggered a mass ...

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely belonged to a rare class. The extinction occurred ...

Scientists have identified the rare type of space rock behind the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ...

A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that differences in physiology, metabolism, ...

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are ...