Quick Take Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died, underscoring extinction and the emotional toll on caretakers.

Extinction isn't just a natural loss; it impacts humanity by erasing scientific knowledge, cultural connections, and ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

According to a new study, future climate-related species extinction could be less severe than predictions based only on the current trend of global warming. Changes in climate that occur over short ...

A mass extinction event is already underway. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The present extinction rate of life on Earth doesn't ...

Trilobites are weird creatures — they look like giant swimming potato bugs wearing helmets, and lived on Earth for a whopping 270 million years. These armored invertebrates, whose species once ...

Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Vol. 16, No. 12 (December 2014), pp. 1599-1605 (7 pages) Introduction: Retrieval (reactivation) of smoking-related memories is a potent trigger of relapse among ex-smokers ...

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Today’s extinction rates are sky-high. But scientists debate if that’s sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is undergoing a mass extinction event—or whether that’s even a helpful designation.

Early-life adversity is a potent risk factor for mental-health disorders in exposed individuals, and effects of adversity are exhibited across generations. Such adversities are also associated with ...