At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

The curious minds at What If investigate the consequences if humans suddenly went extinct, revealing how the planet and ...

A fossil jaw of a distant human relative was discovered much farther north than previously thought possible, revealing new ...

We humans like to think we’re special in basically all ways, but if the history of life is any indication, our species has a ...

Investigating the 'overkill' hypothesis, this piece explores how human-wildlife conflict may have driven megafaunal ...

Tim Coulson, a professor at Oxford University, has dedicated years to researching how life evolves. He thinks that if we vanished, it would create space for ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

The coastal marten is about the size of a ferret and lives in heavily wooded forests.

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we ...

The age of humans is increasingly an age of sameness. Across the planet, distinctive plants and animals are disappearing, replaced by species that are lucky enough to thrive alongside humans and ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.