By Rhett Ayers Butler [( In 1991, botanists Calaway Dodson and Alwyn Gentry advanced a striking proposition. Surveying a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even bivalves looked different during the time of the dinosaurs, as these fossils of an ultra-fortified oyster, left, and armored ...

Uncover the critical effects of habitat loss on biodiversity. This in-depth analysis provides insights into the consequences for species and ecosystems alike.

Beavers should be embraced as key allies in the fight against biodiversity loss according to scientists at the University of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skeleton of a Dodo. - Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or ...

Mass extinction events represent intervals of abrupt, large‐scale loss of biodiversity that have repeatedly reshaped life on Earth. These crises are commonly linked to dramatic environmental ...

CNN — Almost a third of the Earth will need to be protected by 2030 and pollution cut by half to save our remaining wildlife, as we enter the planet's sixth era of mass extinction, according to a ...

pt. 1. Articles of a general nature. Phanerozoic marine biodiversity : a fresh look at data, methods, patterns and processes / Martin Aberhan and Wolfgang Kiessling ; Coordinated stasis reconsidered : ...

Despite recent debate over the extent of regenerating secondary forest cover, the effectiveness of protected areas and tropical extinctions protections, global biodiversity remains under great threat, ...

Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

About 66 million years ago—perhaps on a downright unlucky day in May—an asteroid smashed into our planet. The fallout was immediate and severe. Evidence shows that about 70% of species went extinct in ...