A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet's biggest mass extinction ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth’s oceans became a lethal test of animal physiology. Nearly every marine species vanished, ...

There's a strange assumption most of us carry around without noticing it: that scientists have basically finished cataloguing ...

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

Climate change threatens many plant and animal species not only when their habitats disappear as climatic conditions change, ...

Why do beaches today have seashells from clams and snails instead of brachiopods? A new study suggests the answer lies in ...

A squeaky frog that became an internet sensation is added to a global list of species at risk of extinction.

A recent study has found a dangerous combination of fungus, parasites and other pathogens is posing a threat to the snake population in the Southeast.

The fins of the guitarfish are sold for hundreds of dollars in Asian markets to make soup, a trade pushing them toward ...

Researchers are racing to find solutions to stave off such a catastrophic event, which would pose a major threat to the ...

With bright feathers that look painted on, colorful birds are typically pretty and charismatic poster species for ...