Several startup leaders voiced opposition during public testimony on Tuesday against a proposed bill that would expand the ...

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 ...

Marvel's SHIELD keeps a close eye on seven of the biggest dangers to Earth, all of which have already threatened the world with extinction.

NASA could experience “extinction-level” cuts in President Donald Trump’s upcoming budget request, sources say. The president has begun shaking up the space agency with members of the Elon Musk-led ...

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 ...

A new report from researchers at Berkeley, Stanford, and Princeton suggests that humanity has kicked off the sixth extinction level event in our planet's history, even after using extremely ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, ...