Humans are often to blame for illnesses and injuries that land animals in wildlife rehabilitation centers, a recent analysis in the journal Biological Conservation suggests. The broad-reaching study looked at animals housed in wildlife centers in the United States and Canada — and highlighted threats that humans present to over 1,000 species.

Thousands of tons of dead fish have washed up on a beach in northern Japan and nobody knows why.

Humans are driving the loss of entire branches of the "Tree of Life," according to a new study published on Monday which warns of the threat of a sixth mass extinction.

An Edinburgh-based research team fears plankton, the tiny organisms that sustain life in our seas, has all but been wiped out after spending two years collecting water samples from the Atlantic.