New AI-powered research questions whether a majority of Earth’s mass extinctions were as abrupt as previously believed.

Scientists found that people respond more strongly to warnings about plant and animal extinction than to scientific terms ...

A comprehensive IUCN Red List reassessment of 892 reef-building coral species finds that 44 percent face elevated relative ...

Mombasa, Kenya, 15 October 2026 – A global reassessment of reef-building corals has found that 44% of species are threatened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo taken on July 10, 2024 shows part of an Apatosaurus' dinosaur skeleton at the Dampierre-en-Yvelines castle in France ...

The loss of the prey species is a 'primary extinction' because it succumbed directly to a disturbance. But with nothing to eat, its predator will also go extinct (a 'co-extinction'). Or, imagine a ...

The world’s trees are in critical danger, with a staggering number of tree species teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a new global analysis released Monday. The decade-long project ...

(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 ...

Populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction, an international conservation organization said ...

Many experts believe we may soon face a mass extinction event, with a high proportion of Earth’s species dying out. Projections indicate the climate will continue to change for centuries to come, and ...

The discovery offers a new perspective on the complicated relationship between fire, climate, and vegetation. It also ...