The mass extinction at the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods was catastrophic, wiping out much of life on ...

BALTIMORE — In 1998, Bruce Willis saved the world by blowing up an asteroid threat in “Armageddon.” In 2022, NASA did the ...

According to the authors of a study published in the journal Coral Reefs, fire corals may be undergoing a "silent extinction.

Faced with extreme drought, these wildflowers adapted. Scientists call it "evolutionary rescue" and say it's a hopeful sign ...

Evolution usually helps a species survive. But sometimes, a trait that once made perfect sense ends up causing real trouble.

While scientists have long known polar bears are threatened by global heating, this latest study published in Nature Climate ...

Deep inside a cave, scientists uncovered fossils from 16 species, including a newfound kākāpō ancestor that may have been ...

(CNN) — No species lasts forever — extinction is part of the evolution of life. But at least five times, a biological catastrophe has engulfed the planet, killing off the vast majority of species from ...

Estimates suggest there are about 50 remaining Rice’s whales in the Gulf of Mexico, which the Center for Biological Diversity ...