The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting ...

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience ...

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

Olive Ridley turtles face challenges from human interventions and climate change, requiring conservation efforts for their survival.

Scientists now believe Earth may be on the edge of its sixth mass extinction, triggered by alarming biodiversity loss, habitat destruction, climate change, and rising extinction rates among ...