Extinction is a natural part of life on Earth. But occasionally, extinction rates have surged far beyond usual levels, driving mass extinction events that have reshaped the trajectory of life. After a ...

The world has experienced many periods of mass extinction caused by a variety of natural factors, but the greatest period of mass extinction the world has ever seen is occurring right now.

Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

We are researching the cause of megafaunal extinction in the last major extinction event. Hundreds of large mammal species disappeared during the transition from the last glaciation to the present ...

Could some equivalent of meteorite impacts or dramatic climate change be underway, as humankind's rapid destruction of natural habitats ... a mass extinction is very likely underway.

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

Between climate change and the effects of humanity on the environment, many species have been harmed. Here are a few of them ...

Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson estimated that 30,000 species per year (or three species per hour) are being driven to extinction. Compare this to the natural background rate of one extinction per ...

According to the World Wide Fund (WWF), the rapid loss of species we are seeing today is estimated to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times higher than the natural extinction rate. However ...

Work is under way in Cornwall to help save a native bird which nature experts have described as "dangerously close to ...

Image taken by Maria Diekmann. Pangolins are in crisis, with all eight species threatened with extinction. This means that an entire taxonomic Order, the Pholidota, faces going the way of the dodo.