Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...

Efforts to revive the thylacine and woolly mammoth are forcing conservationists to face a long-overdue debate over what kind ...

The snails and other mollusks around hydrothermal vents have evolved to thrive in extreme conditions, but mineral extraction ...

Earth’s history has been shaped by five mass extinctions—catastrophic periods when life changed so dramatically that entire ...

Deep-sea mining threatens over half of molluscs reliant on hydrothermal vents, today’s update of The IUCN Red List of ...

Perusing the list of college athletic conferences that are no longer in existence ranges from the esoteric to the indelible. Some recall some fond memories of the Metro Conference. Southwest ...

When Dolly the sheep – the first cloned mammal – was born 30 years ago, she became one of the most famous animals in science ...

Heritage sheep in Australia are at risk of extinction due to a decreasing number of pure-bred breeders. But a stud run by 11-year-old Mitch Dickens is helping to maintain one of the heritage breeds.

The Mangshan pit viper, a rare and highly venomous snake confined to a handful of mountain forests in China’s Hunan and ...