A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy.

If current extinction trends continue, global shark populations will lose much of their variety, thereby threatening ...

A study has thrown new light on the sixth mass extinction event that may be taking place right now. The outlook may be more ...

Rare fossils reveal that worms managed to survive multiple mass extinction events. A recent scientific investigation has ...

Morocco’s National Institute of Archaeology and Heritage has launched a month-long field season at Bizmoune Cave to refine ...

Researchers discovered fossil evidence showing that spionid worms, parasites of modern oysters, were already infecting bivalves 480 million years ago. High-resolution scans revealed their distinctive ...

After decades of sustained conservation efforts, the turtles are making a rebound. But scientists caution fisheries and ...

Scientists caution fisheries and climate change still threaten the animals. Sustained conservation efforts must continue so ...

While Microsoft pledges to build an AI that serves humanity, one of the field’s founding fathers, Yoshua Bengio, is warning ...

For me — as a rabbi and an animal chaplain in training — it is a quiet spiritual joy: whenever we show kindness toward living ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...