In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...

Many forms of knowledge work commonly performed by humans today will be eradicated by AI agents. Here's a view of the type of ...

Parents looking to promote health and intelligence in their children can pick and choose their embryos now. There could be ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

The human race stands at a critical juncture, where its unchecked expansion and relentless exploitation of the natural world threaten its own survival. The pressing need to amend Protagoras’ aphorism ...

Few people could write so genially, even humorously, about our existential crisis. Henry Gee can, in his excellent new book ...

let alone an extinction caused by humans. Most people presumed God could create animals at will. After the dodos vanished, many thought that their disappearance was a divine message aimed at humans.

Henry Gee’s previous book, A Brief History of Life on Earth, made an interestingly downbeat read for a title that won the UK’s science book prize. He emphasised that a constant feature of that history ...

We will discover new tools, new ways that we can help species that are still alive but in danger of becoming extinct.” ...

A major review of over 67,000 animal species has found that while the natural world continues to face a biodiversity crisis, targeted conservation efforts are helping bring many species back from the ...