In the icy wilderness of Antarctica, where glaciers now dominate the landscape, scientists have unearthed a fossil that ...

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...

Scientists have reevaluated the catastrophic impact of the Chicxulub asteroid that struck 66 million years ago, revising the ...

Of all the species that have ever existed on Earth, 99% of them are gone. Most of those were wiped out during what are known as "Mass Extinction Events". Since life emerged on our planet, there have ...

MA Television will enable you to develop the skills you need to design and produce great factual television programmes. On this future-facing course, you’ll have opportunities to learn about programme ...

New research shows coral reefs might not keep up with ocean warming without fast action to limit Earth's heating to two degrees ... "The reality is that marine heat waves are triggering mass coral ...

Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs ... the survival of at least 25% of species on Earth following the event. While sulfur remains the primary driver ...

This impact triggered a chain reaction of destructive events ... eventually led to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and, in total, about 75% of species on Earth. The main culprit is ...

Aaron Fleming, DoC Southern South Island director of operations, has a plan for trying to save the animal from extinction. “Work to save this taonga species includes predator control ...