Scientists these days are generally obliged to abide by high ethical standards, requiring them to prevent harm and conduct ...

We may not be living through Earth’s sixth mass extinction event ­­— at least not yet. That’s the conclusion of a new analysis of plant and animal extinctions published September 4 in PLOS Biology.

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

A fire-bellied newt (Cynops ensicauda) on Amami Island in Japan. Previously thought to be extinct, the newt and others in its genera are still alive. (John J. Wiens/University of Arizona) (CN) — For ...

Conservationists in Ibiza are warning the island's native bright blue and green lizards are coming ever closer to extinction due to the mounting threats of invasive snakes and tourists' litter. The ...

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Manual transmissions are rapidly disappearing from the global car market. Once dominant in Europe, stick shifts have fallen from 91 percent of new car registrations in 2001 to just 29 percent last ...

"They're 10 months old, and they're already 115 pounds," Colossal Biosciences says of dire wolves, Romulus and Remus Colossal Sciences A Colossal Biosciences representative confirmed that the dire ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Every summer, Salzburg, Austria, becomes the center of the classical music world, attracting some 256,000 visitors for a star-studded festival. Credit... Supported by By Javier ...

The headmaster of St. Benedict Classical Academy (SBCA), an independent Catholic school in Natick, Massachusetts, often says that architecture is a student’s first teacher. Jay Boren was so convinced ...