Wild chickpea species have greater genetic diversity and variations. Credit: Jorge Royan/CC BY SA 3.0 An international team of researchers has sequenced the genomes of eight wild chickpea ...

Many animal species were on the verge of extinction, but there’s hope! Thanks to conservation programs, sanctuaries, and breeding efforts, more populations are making a comeback. In this video, we’ll ...

While these results provide a fascinating look into the chickpea's natural history and its interconnectedness with human trade routes and migrations, the implications of this study extend far ...

A new study projects biodiversity threats if global warming speeds up. Under the most extreme scenarios, about one in three species could be facing extinction by the end of the century.

The Fish and Wildlife Service said 21 species, including a mammal, birds, fish and mussels, are being removed from the endangered list because they're now considered extinct.

The new study, published Thursday (Dec. 5) in the journal Science, analyzed over 30 years of biodiversity and climate change research, encompassing over 450 studies of most known species.If ...

The tremendous variety of living species—at least 8.7 million, but possibly many more—that make up our “life-supporting safety net” provide our food, clean water, air, energy, and more ...

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.