This academic has theorized about what would happen if humans became extinct and reveals who our successor would be.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. When we think about the scope of our world’s diversity, ...

Our planet is brimming with life, and the diversity of animal species on Earth is staggering. Over 2.1 million animal species have been described, but zoologists estimate that millions more have yet ...

The earliest forms of animal life on our planet continue to fascinate scientists, who are seeking to unravel the mystery of their origins. A team of geochemists from MIT recently provided new clues by ...

An artist’s impression depicts Kryoryctes at Dinosaur Cove in Australia. New research supports the hypothesis that Kryoryctes is a common ancestor of both the platypus and echidna. - Peter Schouten ...

Top 10 Animals that Kill the Most People on Earth. Today we are looking at the deadliest animals on the planet. One of the most Googled searches when it comes to animals is how many people are killed ...

Whales are a group of mammals that live in oceans. They include some of the largest animals on Earth. The blue whale is the biggest animal that has ever existed. Whales can be found in every ocean, ...

Pollution is one of the biggest problems facing planet Earth, a consequence of poor practices and decisions made by humankind. New research in the Mariana ...

Globally, human animals have trespassed into the homes of countless nonhuman animals (animals), and our planet—land, water, and air—has become severely fractured by these reckless intrusions. As a ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...