The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some ...

In The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire, science writer Henry Gee considers how long we’ve got, and how we can extend our ...

Ecosystems which have never been seen before are being accidentally created by humans. They offer a stark look into the ...

The single greatest threat to the diversity of life in our oceans over the past 50 years, more than climate change or plastic ...

Trump's claim that marine protected areas adversely affects the US fishing industry do not hold water Read more at ...

Scientists say the Trump administration’s embrace of de-extinction won’t help endangered species like the Great Lakes gray ...

WITH a purposeful buzz, the tiny gardener of the earth approaches bloom after bloom—drawn by nature's invitation of colour ...

Researchers examine and trace apple DNA. Learn how the apple species trace their evolutionary roots back to Asia almost 56 million years ago.

Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

Germany)—and the University of Illinois (U.S.) has identified and described a previously unknown species of methane-producing archaea in the human gut: Methanobrevibacter intestini sp.

A U.K. startup wants to be the SpaceX of the deep sea, and hopes to establish a permanent human residence on the ocean floor ...

The dire wolf is back — at least according to the company that made headlines earlier this month for the world’s first ...