In a study published in Systematic Biology, researchers from Imperial College London, UCL, Dalhousie University and the ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

At the Center for Biological Diversity, we believe that the welfare of human beings is deeply linked to nature — to the existence in our world of a vast diversity of wild animals and plants. Because ...

From tiny viruses and bacteria, unrecognized for millennia, to blue whales weighing 200 tons, and fungi that spread for hundreds of hectares underground, the diversity and extent of life on Earth ...

One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

you’ll have a solid understand of evolution and how it has led to the astonishing diversity of life on Earth. And if you’re among the many people who are confused by common misconceptions ...

A new study has revealed that the forces creating mountain ranges can also drive species diversity and the evolution of life.