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

Welcome to what scientists call the Sixth Mass Extinction. Unlike previous mass extinctions caused by asteroids or volcanoes, this one’s on us. Climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, ...

According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current trend of global warming. Changes in climate that occur over short ...

A new study finds that if fossil fuel emissions continue apace, the oceans could experience a mass extinction by 2300. There is still time to avoid it. By Catrin Einhorn At first, the scientists chose ...