The geological layer marks the point when the non-avian dinosaurs and many other species were killed by a cataclysmic event.

When similar species coexist, they often evolve differences to reduce competition, a process called character displacement. This study provides rare evidence of character displacement in action ...

Otto and Bruno Bell have always loved the natural world. They have become experts on some of the tiniest snails and weevils, ...

Screenshot from This Week in History – Season 9 Episode 3: Dinosaur Bones on Spatsizi Plateau Source: YouTube Channel: Royal BC Museum One of the most thrilling aspects of the find is the potential ...

The Species at Risk Act (SARA) establishes Schedule 1, as the official list of wildlife species at risk. It classifies those species as being either extirpated, endangered, threatened, or a special ...

The tree of life is often more like a vine that snakes back on itself, with tendrils briefly embracing before they reach for the sky or wither into nothing. While much has been said about the ...

In 1840s England, palaeontologist Mary Anning and a young woman sent by her husband to convalesce by the sea develop an intense relationship. Despite the chasm between their social spheres and ...

Baku, Azerbaijan, 13 November 2024 (IUCN) – Forty-four per cent of reef-building coral species globally are at risk of extinction, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ reveals following a global ...

Overnight, George had taken not only his final breath but the final breath of his entire species, the Pinta Island tortoise, as it faded into extinction. Obituaries for George soon followed in the ...

Many types of plant, animal, and mammal species globally are at risk of extinction. Over 1 million species are threatened with extinction within the next few decades—an unprecedented rate ...

Hong Kong's first dinosaur fossils found on Port Island Discovery sheds light on Cretaceous-era life in Hong Kong Port Island fossils spark local palaeontological interest ...