A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author ...

East-west coastlines trap marine species during warming, blocking escape routes and increasing extinction risk over millions ...

The contents of an ancient wolf pup's stomach yields surprising clues into the genetic lineage of extinct species.

Learn how geological clues preserved in ancient oceans link repeated volcanic eruptions to Triassic marine extinctions.

Mass extinctions, volcanism, and impacts: The geological extinction record : history, data, biases, and testing / Norman MacLeod -- Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions : an update / David P.G ...

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...