A total of 44 animal, fungal, and plant species were declared extinct in 2025, according to scientific assessments by experts ...

The rapidity of animal species extinction is a grave concern, currently occurring at a rate 35 times faster than anticipated. This alarming increase is largely due to human intervention, a critical ...

Six animal species, including the slender-billed curlew and Christmas Island shrew, were confirmed extinct in 2025. Habitat loss, invasive species, climate change, and hunting are the primary drivers ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

New fossil research shows how human impacts, particularly through the rise of agriculture and livestock, have disrupted natural mammal communities as profoundly as the Ice Age extinctions. Fossil ...

Colossal Biosciences has announced a partnership to resurrect giant flightless birds called moa. But the company's recent dire wolf project was controversial, and moa are an even more ambitious target ...

A supercomputer has predicted when humans will become extinct. Though climate change is always in the news and becoming a priority for governments to tackle, its long term impacts could be devastating ...