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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While life on Earth does usually find a way, it is not without some intense past–and future–periods of mass death. Extinction is not exclusive to dinosaurs. Our planet has gone through at ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago.Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a ...