Since the 1750s, at least 571 species of plants have gone extinct in the wild, according to a global survey recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution. More than eight plant species have ...

Every lost species threatens to unravel ecosystems and in the process reduce the services they provide. “It’s not too late to stop more plants and animals from going extinct, but we have to act fast,” ...

After being on very few radars, it was too late to do anything to save this animal from going extinct. Massive beasts roam the savannas, gently tending to their young and feeding on the plants and ...

Sometimes whole species of animals or plants become extinct due to the ... Say bees - I swear bees are going extinct and we need those. So we can bring back the population of bees and then they ...

Each time a species goes extinct, the world around us unravels a bit ... Although often obscured by the noise and rush of modern life, people retain deep emotional connections to the wild world.

Could some equivalent of meteorite impacts or dramatic climate change be underway, as humankind's rapid destruction of natural habitats forces animals and plants out of existence? Increasingly ...

So, there is this big evolutionary story going on between plants and animals ... It's 144-149 million-years-old. Bennettitales are an extinct group of plants that looked a lot like cycads. 'Cycads ...

A paleogeneticist has warned discussions should start around New Zealand's response to the de-extinction of animals. It comes ...