A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

This graph plots extinction rates of marine animal families over the last 600 million years. The shaded band indicates the normal range of extinction rates, known as "background extinction." The ...

During long history of planet Earth, massive extinctions and violent climate changes are the norm. We’ve created this infographic to help you chart the rise and fall and rise of life on Earth ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Graph from Biology: The Dynamics of Life by Alton Biggs, et al ... Many weedy species will probably survive, and even thrive, in the face of the current mass extinction. But thousands of ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

A reinterpretation of the fossil record suggests a new answer to one of evolution’s existential questions: whether global mass extinctions are just short-term diversions in life’s preordained ...

A new study finds that if fossil fuel emissions continue apace, the oceans could experience a mass extinction by 2300. There is still time to avoid it.

At least five times, a biological catastrophe has engulfed Earth killing off the vast majority of species. As scientists say we’re in a sixth mass extinction, what can we learn from the past?

The scientists 60 Minutes spoke said that, without changing our behavior, this extinction crisis will become irreversible. Rebecca Shaw: None of the dinosaurs made it through the last mass extinction.