Imagine returning to a favorite hiking trail 15 years after your first visit and discovering that many of the plants and ...

It is easy to assume that iconic animals such as tigers, elephants, and leopards will always be part of the natural world.

From the Vaquita to the Javan Rhinoceros, discover five endangered animals facing extinction. Learn about the threats they ...

Ancient DNA reveals that cave lions were a distinct evolutionary lineage that split from modern lions more than a million ...

A new study by the University of Minnesota challenges previous classifications paleontologists use to determine how the fossil record is formed. They investigated how dinosaur and mammal bones are ...

Every year, species disappear forever. But sometimes, nature delivers an astonishing surprise. Across remote islands, deep ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Brandon Ballengée’s ‘Frameworks of Absence’ (2006–ongoing) in the Ronald Feldman Fine Arts booth at the 2015 Armory Show (photo by Jillian Steinhauer/Hyperallergic) (click to enlarge) The animals have ...

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­— at least not yet. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of plant and animal extinctions published September 4 in PLOS Biology.

A photograph of an extinct animal evokes a greater feeling of loss than any painting ever could. Often black and white or tinted sepia, these remarkable images have been taken mainly in zoos or ...

Dire wolves were massive and highly intelligent animals nearly the size of a small horse, capable of ripping a man’s arm off as easily as a dog kills a rat. They lived in cold regions in a place ...