Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Earth is covered with technofossils, or man-made materials, that will last for centuries and maybe even longer.

I was relieved to learn the Doomsday Clock has once again sped up, putting us well within reach of the sweet, welcoming ...

A study by the Center for Biological Diversity published today in the peer-reviewed journal PeerJ found that 2,204 species around the United States should be considered for protection under the ...

This Mouth is Mine Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil is a touching look at Mexico's myriad dying indigenous languages.

We humans like to think we’re special in basically all ways, but if the history of life is any indication, our species has a ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

The strategy, known as synthetic biology, is gaining momentum globally as a conservation tool and human health solution, ...

If not for a pair of Smithsonian scientists, the fingernail-size frog from Brazil would have likely gone extinct without ever being described ...

Within the vastness of the Universe, humanity is not that big of a deal. We're not here because we're meant to be here, we're ...

The Andean condor has been threatened with extinction for decades. At one time, the condor was considered extinct in ...

“Chinstraps are declining globally,” Martinez said. “Models show that they might get extinct before the end of the century at ...