If you stand on the far end of the Central Gallery at the Yale Peabody Museum, you might catch a green-hued glimpse into the past - and future - of ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after Earth’s first mass extinction event ...

These fossils date back hundreds of millions of years to a time when life looked very different. Trilobites once lived in ancient oceans that covered this land. Finding specimens this old is rare.

One of the planet’s most successful arthropods, trilobites, abounded in the oceans from about 520 million to 250 million years ago. Trilobite exoskeletons are found on all seven continents and are a ...

Scientists described several new species this past year, including a tiny marsupial, a Himalayan bat, an ancient tree, a giant manta ray, a bright blue butterfly and a fairy lantern, to name a few.

New species are being discovered faster than ever before — at a rate of more than 16,000 every year, suggests a new study. And the trend shows no sign of slowing with scientists predicting that the ...

While conservation efforts have bolstered the populations of many species considered to be threatened in 2025, many animal and plant species continue to dwindle in number, with some even going extinct ...

The Trump administration is proposing to axe protections for some animals and plants under the Endangered Species Act. The administration argues that the current rules are too stringent and stifle ...

Mark Hebblewhite receives funding from National Science Foundation. Benjamin Larue and Jonathan Farr do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

Earth's vast oceanic biodiversity remains largely unexplored, with only a fraction of an estimated two million total living marine species formally named and described. A significant challenge is the ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...