Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - A new study indicates that extinction rates for many plants and animals are slowing down. Researchers from the University of Arizona found that extinctions peaked about 100 ...

A comprehensive new review paper reveals the staggering loss of biodiversity among island land snails globally. Lead author Robert Cowie of the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's School of Ocean and ...

One of the persistent claims made across the twentieth century is that humans are causing mass extinction of species, both in rate and numbers, unseen since the end of the age of dinosaurs. I ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A recent analysis hosted at the University of Arizona has researchers arguing ...

Humans already intervene in nature through land use, climate impacts, and species management. The harder question is when intervention is responsible. Colossal frames de-extinction as a conservation ...