A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human settlers first arrived on the country’s two main islands. Now, a Texas-based ...

A recent study shows that top scavengers, like hyenas, can be beneficial for human health. But the same study reveals that scavenger populations are declining and could mean more disease for humans.

Recent research on deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) for classifying micro-Doppler (m-D) signatures faces a significant challenge due to the limited and costly acquisition of data. This ...

The plant kingdom isn't doing so well with at least 600 species facing extinction in Sabah alone. These species, which com ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

The Polisario now stands at this same precipice of ideological collapse – its failed strategy mirroring the catastrophic ...

When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: once they collapsed, Earth’s biggest carbon sponge vanished, CO₂ rocketed, and ...

Rising temperatures, changing rainfall patterns and increased frequency of extreme weather have disrupted the delicate ...

Kugan cited examples such as the dipterocarp (timber) which are being logged and harvested while high horticultural demand ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction Henry Gee. St. Martin’s, $29 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-32558-7 ...