The forerunners of dinosaurs and crocodiles in the Triassic period were able to migrate across areas of the ancient world ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 ...

NEW MEXICO CONSORTIUM NEWS RELEASE Dr. Spencer Lucas, Curator of Paleontology at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and ...

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From the vanishing of 10 billion snow crabs in Alaska's Bering Sea to the first mammal officially declared extinct due to ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history, according to new research. The explosive supernova deaths of ...

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 ...

Royer told me that the mass extinction currently threatening our future is not be the first such event in Earth’s history (but it is the first caused by humans). Paleobotanists have identified five ...