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

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

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

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe ...

If you're an animal living through a mass extinction, it's best to be one that's found a unique way to make a living.A new analysis of the species ...

Tiny wing scales trapped in fossilized dung suggest butterflies evolved long before flowers appeared.

Observing World Environment Day, Tikender Singh Panwar reflects on the worsening environmental crises over the past decade.

Learn how researchers used mass spectrometry of collagen to successfully identify some of Australia’s megafauna.

and are prime examples of perseverance. The crocodylomorphs' survival through two mass extinction events is an astonishing feat, similar to others that survived multiple mass extinction events ...

Science communicator Hank Green explains how our species’ unique intelligence got us into this climate mess—and how it will ...