During the Early-Middle Devonian period, a large landmass called Gondwana—which included parts of today's Africa, South America, and Antarctica—was located near the South Pole. Unlike today's icy ...

Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...

Steller’s Sea Cow Georg Wilhelm Steller discovered this magnificent creature in 1741 and named it after himself, but it didn’t take long for this animal to go extinct. It’s believed only 1,500 ...