Human beings are steadily heading towards extinction and may “already be a dead species walking”, according to a scientist.

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

While it is always a shame to see more animals go extinct, the report did include some good news. The IUCN noted that the ...

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

Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within 100 years. But first, the population would shrink as older folks died ...

A major milestone has been reached, with experts across Europe, including those at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, sequencing 1,000 species of butterflies and moths. This includes ...

A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

(CNN) — The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...