More than 1,550 marine species are currently at risk of extinction. Human activity is wreaking havoc on the state of the oceans around the world -- especially on marine life, according to the ...

Human activity has accelerated extinction rates, raising concerns that we may be entering a sixth mass extinction.

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ripple effect throughout the ecosystems it existed within.

On the first Saturday of September every year, the world celebrates International Vulture Awareness Day to raise awareness about the plight of vultures. These magnificent birds are staring at a bleak ...

Burney, David A., James, Helen F., Grady, Frederick V., Rafamantanantsoa, Jean Gervais, Ramalisonina, Wright, Henry T., and Cowart, James B. 1997. "Environmental ...