The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

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

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...

The Atlanta Hawks salary dumped Trae Young to the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night. It will be headlined as a trade, but Atlanta doesn't care too much about which players it got back in the deal: ...

The bioscience startup has attracted billions in investment – and a flurry of criticism, but founder tells the Guardian plans to bring back the woolly mammoth will not be derailed Death and taxes are ...

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the ...

Human beings are steadily heading towards extinction and may “already be a dead species walking”, according to a scientist. Writing an opinion piece in Scientific American, palaeontologist and editor ...