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

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

NASA’s science division would bear the brunt of the blow. Its budget would be cut from $7.3 billion to $3.9 billion, with ...

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

A team of paleontologists affiliated with several institutions in Argentina, working with a colleague from the U.K., has ...

Mass Extinction Killed 85 Percent of Life on Earth 400 Million Years Ago, When Temperatures Dropped Extremely Our world was ...

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 ...

Litoria tylerantiqua, a 55-million-year-old fossil, is Australia’s oldest known tree frog. It shifts the timeline for frog ...