In a new book, NASA astrobiologist Caleb Scharf says the fate of life on Earth may hinge on leaving our planet behind ...

Monkeys being transported Tuesday on a Mississippi highway escaped after the truck carrying them overturned, and all but three that got out have since been killed, authorities said. The crash happened ...

Imagine a world without humans. A study suggests octopuses could take over. These marine creatures show remarkable ...

Green sea turtles are no longer endangered, "thanks to decades of sustained conservation action," the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) shared The global population of the species ...

Rare earth metals—the raw materials powering modern technologies like chips, EV engines and military weapons—are at the center of escalating U.S.-China trade tensions. As the Trump administration ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data. Researchers found that species losses peaked about a century ago and have ...

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient cousins, new research suggests. Researchers found that different versions of a ...

Prince Harry and Meghan have joined a diverse group, including Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck, to call for a ban on AI "superintelligence" that threatens humanity Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have ...

This in-depth exploration examines how Earth would transform in the absence of humanity, from the collapse of infrastructure to the resurgence of wildlife. Over decades and centuries, nature would ...