"To effectively protect nature, you first need to know what's there." Researchers stunned by rare discovery deep in the ...

Across the globe, no other human activity currently affects the survival of wildlife species more than where we choose to ...

Species in Lake Victoria, Lake Titicaca, Sri Lanka’s Wet Zone and the Western Ghats of India are particularly vulnerable to ...

Most species don’t have just one threat putting them at risk of extinction, but many threats acting together. View on euronews ...

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

Although freshwater habitats cover less than 1 percent of the Earth's surface, they support 10 percent of known animal species.

New research shows about a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with ...

In these modern fables, human extinction is imagined in scientific terms, as the result of natural causes. But the fears they express are much older than science. The term apocalypse comes from an ...

Geoffrey Hinton, often referred to as one of the “godfathers” of artificial intelligence, believes there is a 10% to 20% chance that AI could drive humanity to extinction within 30 years.

Computer Scientist Geoffrey Hinton, who is regarded as the "godfather" of artificial intelligence (AI) worldwide, has warned the masses that the recent technology could lead to human extinction in ...

One of the world’s rarest marsupials is facing extinction in Australia, according to a new study. Urgent action is needed to protect the Parma wallaby if future generations are to see the creature.