Scientists around the world are warning that Earth may already be entering a sixth mass extinction event driven by climate ...

Sharks might be the all time bullet-dodging champions. They’ve been around for about 450 million years, longer than trees, longer than the rings of Saturn, and longer than most of the other life on ...

In 2019, an independent international science group—the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services—announced that about 1 million species around the world are ...

The unprecedented report provides a global overview of the conservation status and population trends of migratory animals, combined with the latest information on their main threats and successful ...

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 ...

A groundbreaking global study has shed light on the precarious situation facing deepwater sharks and rays. Led by a team of experts from around the world, the study reveals alarming statistics: one in ...

A 1991 hypothesis suggested that deforestation at Centinela in western Ecuador caused the immediate extinction of dozens of plant species believed to exist nowhere else. A 2024 reassessment finds that ...

pt. 1. Articles of a general nature. Phanerozoic marine biodiversity : a fresh look at data, methods, patterns and processes / Martin Aberhan and Wolfgang Kiessling ; Coordinated stasis reconsidered : ...

Nearly one in three freshwater fish species now faces possible extinction, a statistic that reflects mounting pressure on rivers and lakes worldwide. Habitat loss, dams, pollution, invasive species, ...