He is lead councillor at the Biodiversity Council, affiliated with The University of Queensland, Accounting for Nature and BirdLife Australia and he serves on committees for, or advises, about 25 ...

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

Presumed extinct for more than 50 years, the wonderful takahē is still very much alive. As this Instagram post shows, it is a ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) — The extinction of the dinosaurs may be ancient history, but that history continues to be rewritten, thanks in part to a professor at New Mexico State University. As Chad Brummett ...

Three tiny Purgatorius teeth found in Colorado are helping scientists trace how early primates evolved and spread across North America.

Scientists long believed stem tetrapods largely disappeared after a major ecological event known as the Carboniferous Rainforest Collapse. That event caused widespread destruction of tropical forests ...

Scientists have uncovered minuscule fossils in Colorado’s Denver Basin, hinting at the southward spread of early primates after the dinosaur extinction. These tiny fossils challenge long-held ...

Helium-3 dating reveals new plankton species emerged within thousands—and sometimes just 2,000—years after the dinosaur-killing impact, showing life recovered far faster than assumed.

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LONDON, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Biodiversity loss is emerging as a systemic risk to the global economy and financial stability, a landmark report said on Monday, urging companies to act now or potentially ...

New life may have evolved surprisingly fast after a famous mass extinction event about 66 million years ago. University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences / John Maisano Some 66 million ...