With breakthroughs in cloning and genetic engineering, scientists are exploring ways to bring back extinct species like ...

Island rattlesnakes evolved simpler venoms, not more complex ones, challenging long-held beliefs about evolution and survival ...

Like many evolutionary biologists, Margres and Hirst assumed the larger islands’ biodiversity would result in more complex ...

The real world analog of "Common Side Effects" underscores the loss of biodiversity before we even know what's gone ...

Learn about the extinct species of "dirt ant" that was found in 16-million-year-old Dominican amber, adding an important ...

the question this Earth Day is not whether we can save the monarch − we can − but whether we will. Reversing the butterfly’s ...

Long thought extinct, sebecid fossils found in the Dominican Republic are rewriting what we know about ancient predators in ...

A rare Middle Jurassic dinosaur skeleton, the most complete of its kind ever found in Scotland.

Iceland, the land of ice and fire, is for geologists what the tropics are for ecologists: an opportunity for an unparalleled ...

Kane was struck by the high concentrations of microplastics found in the sediment, especially because Whittard Canyon is so ...

A local environmental advocate and gardening enthusiast makes a case for creating an outdoor garden friendly to pollinators, ...

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...