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Step back 280 million years with the discovery of a fossilized Permian ecosystem in the Italian Alps! In late 2024, hiker Claudia Steffensen found “Rock Zero,” a limestone slab with ancient reptilian ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

Costa Rica’s bare-necked umbrellabird and mangrove hummingbird face extinction, study warns. Learn about the threats and ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Since 1500, about 150 bird species have gone extinct, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. A ...

Alliance on Monday, June 30, 2025, announced that its 2024 investment in biodiversity data reached a record level of $2.5 ...

Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity By Stewart Edie , Smithsonian Institution Updated June 16, 2025 10:04 a.m.

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 ...