Most estimates place Earth’s human population at around 8.2 billion, but Josias Láng-Ritter—a postdoctoral researcher at ...

We’ve all heard that human overpopulation is a crisis. In 2017, Bill Nye warned us about the planet’s “people problem,” and ...

This animated map shows how global populations are distributed across Earth by dividing the globe into slices covering 10% of ...

For years, the official estimate of Earth’s population has hovered around 8.2 billion. However, a new study suggests that the actual number of people living on our planet could be much higher.

AI could ‘devastate’ Earth’s population down to the size of the UK by 2300, expert warns: ‘People really don’t have a clue’ By . Ben Cost. Published June 2, 2025, 1:10 p.m. ET.

One hundred years after the trial, and as we have documented in our scholarly work, the culture war over evolution and ...

The discovery hints at a hidden population of lunar fragments traveling near Earth. "If there were only one object, that would be interesting but an outlier," Teddy Kareta, a planetary scientist ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies these rocky, or "terrestrial," worlds are far more common than was ...

Decades of overfishing have altered the genetic makeup of Baltic cod, shrinking their size and threatening their recovery.

Emperor penguins may live in some of the most remote and environmentally pristine regions in the world, but that doesn't mean they're safe from the impacts of a warming planet.

The discovery of 2024 PT5, a small, rocky body dubbed a "minimoon" during its discovery last year, hints at a hidden population of lunar fragments traveling near Earth.