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

Humans will likely go extinct eventually, leaving behind a planet that has to adjust in their wake. While there is no true consensus as to what a human-free world will look like, there are a number of ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the planet as Homo sapiens, preceded in some cases by its kin, journeyed from the ...

A total of 44 animal, fungal, and plant species were declared extinct in 2025, according to scientific assessments by experts ...