Human actions, such as incidental fishing and ineffective policies, push one-third of shark populations toward extinction.

Researchers urge stronger protections like fishing limits and habitat conservation to prevent further decline in shark ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

Despite the fear they may inspire in humans, sharks have far more reason to fear us. Nearly one-third of sharks are ...

Extinction rates today are hundreds—perhaps thousands ... One way to think of a species, be it of ape or of ant, is as an answer to a puzzle: how to live on planet Earth.

In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

Credit: NIGPAS Although some plant species disappeared locally, the researchers found that the overall extinction rate of spore and pollen species in the South Taodonggou section was possibly only ...

National Panda Day highlights global conservation efforts to protect pandas from habitat loss and possible extinction.

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...

NANJING -- A new study has revealed that a region of the Turpan-Hami Basin in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous ...