A Cretaceous-era skull found on Vega Island, Antarctica, has been confirmed as a member of the same order as ducks and geese, ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico ...

Earth’s history is marked by periods of immense destruction, where vast numbers of species vanished in a short time. These ...

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...

“One prime example is the case of athletes that might present with being classified as being overweight or obese due to the weight of muscle mass,” says Brown. Alternatively, an individual labeled ...

The age of de-extinction may soon be a reality. Advances in genetic engineering and synthetic biology are making resurrecting animals once lost to this world a tangible prospect. The organizations ...

More specifically, land conversion poses such a threat to wildlife that the Earth is now considered to be in a period known as the sixth mass extinction ... for example, would put many more ...

Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event. Nature Communications , 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55145-6 Cite This Page : ...