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.

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

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 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 ...

Explore the complex issue of catch-and-release sharks and why stronger measures are needed to protect threatened species worldwide.

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

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

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