Welcome to what scientists call the Sixth Mass Extinction. Unlike previous mass extinctions caused by asteroids or volcanoes, ...

Dr. Bergland is a professor at Simmons University. Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the ...

Have you ever found yourself in a museum's gallery of human origins, staring at a glass case full of rocks labeled "stone tools," muttering under your breath, "How do they know it's not just any old ...

Bad news, everyone: our cards are marked. The human species will go extinct by the year 2339, so we have just a few centuries left (at time of writing). News editor Jacob Aron shared this shattering ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

This "everlasting" crystal contains the entire human genome, recorded using ultra-fast lasers, and is meant to instruct future species on how to create humans. University of Southampton If humanity ...

Shocking research has warned that humans are driving extinctions at a scale not seen since the mass extinction of the dinosaurs some 66 million years ago. The researchers from the University of York, ...

Almost every dystopian novel or movie begins by presaging the extinction of the human species. Here’s a partial list: The Handmaid’s Tale * A. I * The Hunger Games * Children of Men * Planet Of The ...