In the 1990s, fewer than 350 people spoke Inari Sámi. Today, experts say about 500 people speak the near-extinct language, ...

The baby name experts at Nameberry shared a list of names 'headed for extinction' and there are quite a few surprises ...

A community of rare fish enthusiasts collects endangered species of freshwater fish from lakes and springs around the world, ...

Sturgeons are one of the oldest groups of fishes. Sporting an armor of five rows of bony, modified scales called dermal ...

The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago may not have been quite so disastrous for plants, ...

Earth. Yet, a region in China provided a haven for plants and animals, revealing unexpected resilience. This discovery, ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

The majority of the threatened species do not grow in environmentally protected locations. Tropical plants in the genus ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...