Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

Dr. Laurie Marker, a world-renowned conservationist who has spent the last 50 years saving cheetahs from extinction, sits ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

The horticulturist travels the world in search of troubled species to propagate. His motivation? “Plants are the alchemists of our universe.” ...

Human actions, such as incidental fishing and ineffective policies, push one-third of shark populations toward extinction.

Rounding out the three Scottish dishes that are most at risk of disappearing are clootie dumplings. A clootie dumpling is an ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...