A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter ...

A large fossil study shows young shark and ray species vanish faster, while older species stay stable over time.

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 ...

Giant mosasaurs, once thought to be strictly ocean-dwelling predators, may have spent their final chapter prowling freshwater ...

Glaciers could reach peak rates of disappearing in the coming decades due to global warming, according to new research.

Like corn kernels in slowly heating oil, the orca sightings began sparse and unpredictable. But at some imperceptible moment, ...

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

The Canary Islands may represent the “missing link” in a global pandemic killing sea urchins. Sea urchins help build and maintain marine habitats in much the same way that large plant-eating animals ...

A recent climate study from the University of Wollongong suggests that Homo floresiensis, the small early human species from ...