New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

Irrawaddy dolphins are rapidly disappearing across Asia. Scientists warn that fishing nets, pollution and habitat loss are ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Thousands of glaciers have vanished over the past few decades and as the world continues to heat up, they are expected to disappear at an increasing pace. New research gives a glimpse of just how quic ...

Central Europe is losing ice faster than anywhere else on Earth. Global warming puts this already bad situation at risk of ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

A new research forecast has revealed when thousands of glaciers around the world will collapse as a result of climate change.

Glaciers worldwide are racing toward extinction, with warming dictating whether thousands survive—or vanish forever.

Conservationists fear up to 11% of Tapanuli orangutan population perished in disaster that also killed 1,000 people ...