This shift, called ecological marginalization, leads to a higher species extinction risk. According to the researchers, the quality of the habitat matters to a species' extinction risk and ...

There have been five great die-offs in the history of our planet, when at least 75 percent of the known species disappear. The last mass extinction was 66 million years ago, when an asteroid wiped ...

Now we're witnessing what a lot of people are calling the sixth mass extinction where the same thing could happen on our watch. Liz Hadly: it's a horrific state of the planet when common species ...

It would already take 3 million years to recover the diversity of mammal species driven to extinction since humans settled on the island 2,500 years ago. But much more is at risk in the coming ...

Nearly two thirds of the sharks and rays that live among the world's corals are threatened with extinction, according to new ...

Madagascar is considered a biodiversity hotspot, meaning it has a large population of species that cannot be found anywhere else. The southern Indian Ocean island has been cut off from the African ...

Scientists and bird enthusiasts are witnessing the fruits of their conservation labor, as populations of some bird species continue to grow despite previously being on the brink of extinction.

biodiversity science is at the forefront of global conservation action and is key in unifying nations and equipping them with the tools and information necessary to reverse species extinction ...

Coast guard forces in eastern Libya say they have intercepted a vessel carrying at least 700 migrants off the coast of the North African country CAIRO -- A vessel carrying at least 700 migrants ...

The U.S. Department of Energy announced a conditional loan of $700 million Friday to an Australian mining company to pursue a ...

From the late 1800s, market hunting, poaching, game hogs and using feathers for women’s fashion had brought many species to the edge of extinction: The more than 60 million bison that had ...

The number of young Americans with Type 2 diabetes is projected to skyrocket nearly 700% by 2060 if current upward trends continue unchecked, according to a “startling” new report from the ...