In the late 1980s, scientist Norman Myers coined the term "biodiversity hotspot" to refer to places with an exceptionally high number of species for their surface area.

The extinction rate they calculated was 150 to 260 extinctions per million species-years (E/MSY) — in other words, 150 to 260 extinctions a year for every million species on Earth.

An estimated 90 percent of all animal species on the Earth were wiped out. ... The number of medium and large carnivorous theropods reduced so that only tyrannosaurs survived in Asia and North ...

In the last 50 years, two-thirds of all wild animal populations have been lost. The main cause is habitat loss, as native forest is felled to grow grass for cattle or corn and soya for livestock.

Scientists examined around 23,500 species of dragonflies, fish, crabs and other animals that depend exclusively on freshwater ecosystems.

Seven species of pangolin could soon be federally protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, an animal which officials have called "the world’s most heavily trafficked mammal.". In an ...

A cute fuzzy beetle, a sea squirt that looks like a cross between a panda and a zebra, and a piranha-like fish that's vegetarian: These are just a few of the new species formally identified in 2024.

A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal kingdom.

The extinctions signal a "wake-up call" on the importance of conservation. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has delisted 21 species from the Endangered Species Act due to extinction, the agency ...

In the last 50 years, two-thirds of all wild animal populations have been lost. The main cause is habitat loss , as native forest is felled to grow grass for cattle or corn and soya for livestock.