The loss of species due to animal extinctions is a profound tragedy for our world. It strips away the incredible diversity and delicate balance that sustains ecosystems and enriches our planet. Every ...

The rapidity of animal species extinction is a grave concern, currently occurring at a rate 35 times faster than anticipated. This alarming increase is largely due to human intervention, a critical ...

A fire-bellied newt (Cynops ensicauda) photographed on Amami Island (Japan). A recent study suggested that the extinction of this and other genera was part of a mass extinction event that threatens ...

Hundreds of species have gone extinct in recent centuries, but losses are few among larger classification levels, meaning we are not witnessing a mass extinction just yet, according to a study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skeleton of a Dodo. - Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or ...

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...

(CNN) — Humans have wiped out more than 100 species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass ...

One of the persistent claims made across the twentieth century is that humans are causing mass extinction of species, both in rate and numbers, unseen since the end of the age of dinosaurs. I ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...