More than one million species are threatened with extinction, according to the United Nations. “Right now, it’s causing ecological effects,” says Ben Lamm, CEO and co-founder of Colossal Biosciences. ...

Earth has a flair for dramatic resets, though it usually takes millions of years to deliver them. Over its long history, life ...

Nevada’s missing plants and animals are drawing attention as a new journal tracks species that have gone undocumented for ...

Recovery of tigers, tuna and green sea turtles show nature loss can be reversed when action taken, charity says ...

Dublin, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Global Impact Report: All Industries Edition, Q1 2025" has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This comprehensive cross-industry analysis ...

Every estimate of how many species humanity will lose to deforestation, urbanization, and agricultural expansion rests on a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A 1991 hypothesis suggested that deforestation at Centinela in western Ecuador caused the immediate extinction of dozens of plant species believed ...

Trade-induced farmland expansion is a major factor that drives threats to wildlife species. As countries increasingly import agricultural goods from abroad, they outsource much of the environmental ...

An international team of environmentalists, zoologists and land use specialists has developed an extinction probability metric for land that is converted to agriculture. Their paper is published in ...

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 ...