Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

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

About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...

A massive ice age wiped out ocean life 445 million years ago, reshaping ecosystems and setting the stage for jawed fish ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

During mass extinction events or periods that were particularly warm, the role of coastline geometry in extinction risk was ...

The Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972, has prevented the extinction of marine mammal species in U.S. waters. Proposed legislation threatens to weaken the act by restricting scientific data ...

The proposed legislation was sparked by the capture of a manta ray. The measure would ban the seizure of threatened or ...

The Trump administration wants to make economic impacts a factor in what was previously a science-based decision on what's ...