The amazing story of an insect presumed dead for decades.
Not too big and not too small: when faced with extinction, it pays off to be just the right size
Big and small animals are the most threatened by extinction.
Large carnivores like the lion or tiger lost more than 90% of their range in the last 500 years
Humans need room…
Previously unknown two-million-year-old marine extinction discovered by geologists
Something even worse might be happening today.
Stephen Hawking revises his deadline for humans escaping Earth — it’s now just 100 years
Darn.
The last male white rhino boldly goes on Tinder to save its species
Super like.
‘Chewing like a cow’ helped early mammals thrive in the wake of dinosaur extinction
There’s a lot to be grateful for the first mammalian ancestors who evolved side-to-side chewing.
Half of the world’s species could become extinct by 2100, biologists say at Vatican conference
Welcome to the planet’s sixth major extinction — take a seat.
Bumblebee becomes the first endangered bee in continental US
For the first time in history, a bee in continental US has been listed as endangered.
Scientists are closer to bringing back enormous, ancient cow
Scientists are trying to de-extinct ancient cows called aurochs.
Sprinting towards extinction: cheetahs number plunge
The cheetahs can’t outrun humanity.
Giraffes are facing a silent extinction – and so are other, undiscovered species
A new report published by the IUCN shows that the emblematic giraffe is facing a threatening decline.
Selective wipe out of large marine species sets the stage for an unprecedented sixth mass extinction
Large marine species are favorably lost which could disrupt marine ecosystems for millions of years.
Humpback whales bounce back from the brink of extinction
Humpback whales have made an epic return.
Four out of six great apes are almost extinct because of us
While the situation of pandas is improving, the same can’t be said about great apes.
Global warming and humans — a lethal combination for megafauna
In between rising temperatures and human hunters, mammoths and sabretooth tigers stood no chance.
Fossil Friday: Helicoprion
Helicoprion is an extinct genus of shark-like, cartilaginous fish that lived from the early Permian (~290 m.y. ago) all through to the massive Permian-Triassic extinction episode (roughly 250 m.y. ago.)
World tiger numbers are increasing for the first time in over a century
For the first time in over one hundred years worldwide tiger numbers have increased, but there are still only 3,900 specimens in the wild.
Live fast, die young: the secret to surviving a mass extinction
Drastically reducing body size and, maybe most importantly, lifespan may have been the most important course of action evolution undertook to preserve some species, paleontologists argue.
Europe might lose its ash trees forever
Europe is likely to lose all its ash trees, the largest-ever survey of the species warns. Plagued by both a fungal disease known as ash-dieback and an invasive species of beetle, the emerald ash borer, the tree might be wiped clean off of the continent.