The woolly rhino, Coelodonta antiquitatis, would have been an impressive sight to the ancient people who painted images of ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

During mass extinction events or periods that were particularly warm, the role of coastline geometry in extinction risk was ...

In 2025, the world marked another sad milestone in the ongoing loss of biodiversity: multiple species long missing from their ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

Once at risk of being wiped out, humpback whales charted a remarkable comeback thanks to their songs. In 1979, National ...

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign. Their abrupt extinction reshaped Earth’s ecosystems and set the stage for mammals ...

An international team of scientists from South Africa, Canada, France and the UK has uncovered fossil evidence of a tiny ...

Migratory land mammals roam annually over large swaths of landscape to obtain seasonally available resources. For example, ...

Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...