The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

The Andean condor has been threatened with extinction for decades. At one time, the condor was considered extinct in ...

More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out ...

Despite education about rhinos, they continue to be hunted around the world for one simple reason: their horns. With just ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

“Chinstraps are declining globally,” Martinez said. “Models show that they might get extinct before the end of the century at ...

The northern hairy-nosed wombat’s population rose from 35 to over 400 through conservation. But the species is still ...

In virtually every piece of land on Earth live springtails that have shaped the health of our planet for hundreds of millions ...

A group of German scientists tested the effects of a more acidic ocean on sharks' teeth and found that future generations of ...

Arabian cheetah mummies' DNA reveals that the long-lost population could be closely replaced by a cheetah population in ...