In the realms of scientific inquiries, the world over we are witnessing breakthroughs every now and then. However, there is ...

Compare this to the natural background rate of one extinction per million species per year, and you can see why scientists refer to it as a crisis unparalleled in human history. The current mass ...

New evidence suggests humans hunted the bear and drove it from caves, putting it on the road to extinction. The fate of the species was sealed by other pressures, such as the onset of the last Ice ...

A lost race of humans arrived in Europe more than 45,000 years ago before mysteriously dying out, leaving no descendants, a new genetic study shows. The oldest DNA ever recovered from modern humans ...

Earth was once frequented not only by humans but also by giant mammals, birds, and reptiles that have slowly disappeared over the last 50,000 years. An extinction crisis that has mostly been ...

On land, in the seas, in the sky, the devastating impact of humans on nature is laid bare in a compelling UN report. One million animal and plant species are now threatened with extinction.

How have humans caused extinction? Our explainers are engaging, collage-style animations which explain many of the issues and themes around sustainability. This video is a fun, concise answer to ...

Now, the New York Times has published a piece arguing in favor of human extinction. Professor of philosophy (of course!) Todd May believes that we should go the way of the dodo because we are ...

Climate change and invasive species are much lower contributors to the loss of trees, though these factors are also rooted in human activity. The number of trees facing extinction (over 17,000 ...