Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wildfire frontline with emergency services nearby, Okanagan Valley, British Columbia, Canada. Farther back in our planet’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skeleton of a Dodo. - Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or ...

A mass extinction event is a term used to describe a large-scale event that wipes out species. It is usually not a short, one-time incident but rather something that occurs over thousands or millions ...

Goodbye to all that: millions of Earth's species, like the white rhino, are no match for the one species that considers itself the smartestGetty Images Editor at Large Here’s hoping the human species ...

Heads up: This isn’t a feel-good read. Kolbert looks at the history of life on earth and concludes that we’re undergoing the sixth mass die-off, thanks to the changes imposed upon the planet by humans ...

The Earth has lived through 5 mass extinctions of animals and plants. The last one - 66 million years ago - took out the dinosaurs. That extinction is believed to have been caused by a giant asteroid ...

The book examines how economic systems have contributed to environmental degradation and calls for systemic change. Klein's ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

Humans have been shaping their environment since time immemorial. From cities to farms to highways, our impact has grown so large that we've pushed planetary boundaries, fueling concerns about climate ...