Somewhere on Earth, species are vanishing faster than ever. The 2025 IUCN Red List update revealed that nearly 49,000 species ...

Earth looked much different not just millions, but even decades and centuries ago. Many animal species that once existed are ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Try this new tool to check whether your pet's name is going extinct as research shows names once considered classics are ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A ...

The data shows a clear shift towards more 'human' names. The most common dog names of 2025 were Poppy, Luna, and Willow.

Scientists have successfully sequenced the genome of the long-extinct woolly rhinoceros from an unusual place: the stomach contents of a naturally mummified Pleistocene wolf pup from Siberia. As its ...

(NEXSTAR) – Sorry, Harry, Danielle, Ezra, and Alivia, you just aren’t that popular anymore – at least when it comes to baby names, that is. These names are ...

Minnesota's baby name landscape is shifting, with traditional names like Tim and Becky on the decline. This evolution tells ...

Arctic seals are being pushed closer to extinction by climate change and more than half of bird species around the world are declining under pressure from deforestation and agricultural expansion, ...

The "de-extinction" company Colossal Biosciences promises to fulfill that dream, at least for extinct animals like woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius), dodos (Raphus cucullatus), and Tasmanian ...

BabyCenter data shows some once-popular baby names are rapidly declining, with nontraditional spellings, place-based names, and trendy endings falling out of favor. Girl names like Charleigh, Mckinley ...