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

Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

Paleontologists have identified thousands of animal species that lived soon after the Cambrian explosion ended ...

Scientists from Oregon State University looked at coastal martens in the town of Klamath for three months ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

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 ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

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