Warnings that humanity is heading toward its own disappearance have shifted from the fringes of science fiction into mainstream research and public debate. Instead of vague prophecies, scientists now ...

It's easy to be pessimistic about the planet's future if you listen to the news or drive in traffic. But a short hike in a nearby park might raise your hope.

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The U.S. automotive industry is facing a turbulent period as several major car brands struggle to stay afloat. Supreme Court leaves multibillion-dollar Boy Scouts bankruptcy settlement in place ...

A funding crisis at the Museum of the Earth and the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, N.Y., could scatter priceless specimens and end nearly a century of pioneering research. A fossil of ...

Staff at a conservation center in North Carolina are celebrating the homecoming of a critically endangered red wolf. WRAL News reported that the red wolf, named Caroline, returned to her birthplace, ...

Splat! The first protester smeared a tray of apple crumble onto the case containing the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. Next came the custard. Slop! Then the earnest slogan, from two nervous ...

Homo floresiensis, the diminutive early human species known from fossils recovered at Liang Bua cave, endured centuries of increasingly severe drought on their home island of Flores, according to new ...