Humans have been shaping their environment since time immemorial. From cities to farms to highways, our impact has grown so large that we've pushed planetary boundaries, fueling concerns about climate ...

Could we be on the verge of the sixth mass extinction? To better understand what’s to come for life on Earth–and the current harm we’re doing to our own environment–we have to look into the past. But, ...

The idea of a creeping mass extinction has served as one of the scary subplots of our ongoing climate drama. For decades, scientists have warned that we may be on the cusp of, or already entering, the ...

This week the Trump administration, with the most corrupt cabinet in the nation’s history, moved to gut the Endangered Species Act while the world is experiencing what’s been called the “Sixth Mass ...

A wave of new research is forcing paleontologists to reconsider a basic question about life on Earth: when did the first mass ...