The climate after the largest mass extinction so far 252 million years ago was cool, later very warm and then cool again. Thanks to the cooler temperatures, the diversity of marine fauna ballooned, as ...

A new analysis of 14,669 threatened species of plants and animals found in Europe reveals that about one fifth face the risk of extinction, and that agricultural land-use change poses a significant ...

Amid threats such as deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, disease, and hunting, ten species have been highlighted as ...

Brazil, Latin America’s greenest country, faces a paradox in that much more flora is in danger of extinction than originally thought, with potentially devastating consequences for the environment and ...

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in partnership with SM Supermalls, BDO Unibank, Kultura, the Forest Foundation Philippines, Katala Foundation, Philippine Eagle Foundation, ...

A new study has revealed that extinction rates for plants and animals are currently 1,000 times higher than they were before humans arrived. The rate is so high, in fact, that the planet hasn’t seen ...

Let’s not beat around the bush. Fifteen thousand of the world’s medicinal plants are nearing extinction, thanks to pollution caused by population growth and rapid industrialization. Each die-off also ...

Just as the city is reawakening after months of winter, so are the delicate sprouts of native grasses and wildflowers in the micro-urban grasslands of Green-Wood Cemetery. Visitors may notice a stark ...

The Crau Plain Grasshopper (Prionotropis rhodanica) is Critically Endangered and endemic to the Crau steppe in southern France. It is threatened by changes in the grazing regime of its habitat. A new ...

This release is available in German. The climate after the largest mass extinction so far 252 million years ago was cool, later very warm and then cool again. Thanks to the cooler temperatures, the ...