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 ...

With no breakfast, second breakfast, elevenses, or afternoon tea to keep them going, the legendary "hobbits" of Indonesia may have starved to death around 61,000 years ago. Otherwise known as Homo ...

New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.