New research shows that while many species have disappeared, extinctions of genera are very rare across plants and animals.

The Middleton Lakes reserve has confirmed two males and two nests, with at least five chicks fledging. Because the birds are ...

The planet is seeing a decline in biodiversity, but extinctions are relatively rare and don’t meet the threshold for a sixth ...

(CN) — For the past few decades scientists and biodiversity experts have sounded the alarm on what has been called the “the ...

The study is a fascinating and encouraging reminder of that most beloved and quotable parable in biology: that life, uh, ...

Ceballos pointed to the extinction of the passenger pigeon, which was the only species in its genus, as an example of how losing a genus can have a cascading effect on a wider ecosystem. The bird’s ...

The Trump administration on April 16, 2025, issued a proposed rule to rescind nearly all habitat protections for endangered species across the country. The proposal has profound, life-altering ...