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 ...

Throughout Earth’s history, there have been several global extinction events, wiping out large portions of life across the ...

Instead, we should instead have faith and trust in the ability of religiously inspired humans to transform our world into a Messianic Age of justice and peace. Indeed, there is a view, espoused by the ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

A team of paleontologists affiliated with several institutions in Argentina, working with a colleague from the U.K., has ...

A new study rebuilds the coelacanth family tree with refined data, showing these ancient fishes experienced bursts of change ...