A chilling new assessment suggests our planet is hurtling towards an unprecedented loss of life, with human activity squarely ...

Research data suggests humans may have nearly gone extinct almost 1 million years ago, but scientists aren't sure why.

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

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

Was it a single extinction event or a series of catastrophic changes? Exactly which animals were affected? Here, we will look at the animals that lived on the Earth during one particular ...

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

So, I say we get moving. - Let's do it. (pensive music) - Scientists agree that Earth has seen five mass extinction events in its history, with the end Permian being the worst. Some believe we ...

Here, we will explore what the Earth was like at this time, the plants and animals that existed, and the extinction events that they endured. The Jurassic Period can be subdivided into three epochs.

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain ...

It's called Apophis. The asteroid has a tiny chance of hitting Earth on Friday the 13th in April of 2029. That chance depends on it being hit by another asteroid or some other object in space at ...

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting our ambitions too low ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say ...