Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of fossils buried under Arctic mud for about 250 million years. These remains, ...

Human beings are steadily heading towards extinction and may “already be a dead species walking”, according to a scientist.

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Great whites are one of more than 20 Mediterranean shark species protected under international law, meaning it is illegal to ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. - North Atlantic right whales were spotted off the coast of Brevard near Canova Park on Wednesday. There ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

Extinction is rarely a moment. It is a process that unfolds offstage, marked by missed sightings, thinning records, and the ...

A new study on African penguins links food shortages and fishing to adult survival losses, raising the risk of extinction.

Irrawaddy dolphins are rapidly disappearing across Asia. Scientists warn that fishing nets, pollution and habitat loss are ...