Researchers have enough data ... The End-Cretaceous mass extinction event claimed nearly all the dinosaurs, including the iconic T. rex. Only one lineage, now known as birds, survived. (Credit: Mark ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

These animal species overcame climate change, predators, and human threats, defying odds to survive and ... efforts have helped boost its population. Declared extinct after rats invaded its ...

Among mollusks, for example, more than 7.5 ... survived so much since its origins that new species have become more resilient. “Mass extinctions have likely increased the resiliency of many ...

Close to 66 million years ago, during spring in the Northern Hemisphere, a 6-mile-wide chunk of space rock slammed into our planet and set off the world’s fifth mass extinction. Around 75 ...

Their ancestors have survived two mass extinctions ... in the journal Palaeontology. In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth ...

It is estimated that throughout the Earth's 4.5 billion-year existence ... It is, therefore, impressive that some animals survived a mass extinction event, let alone two. And yet, crocodylomorphs ...

For decades, scientists have assumed that mammals and their relatives that survived challenging ... made it through mass extinctions aren't as generic as previously assumed. "Animals with novel ...

Scientists are using fossils to help uncover how ancient life survived mass extinction, offering insights for modern ...