Astronomers could use specific radio signals from the universe's earliest epoch to "weigh" the first stars in the cosmos. The investigation could reveal more about the so-called C ...

Everyone knows about the meteor that ended the age of dinosaurs - except that it wasn’t the biggest extinction event. Long ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

It's safe to say that most of us are familiar with the concept of mass extinction. But this is by no means a recent ...

Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal ...

Once a fringe fear, p(doom) — the probability AI could wipe out humanity — is gaining traction among tech leaders, sparking ...

Inside that coprolite (a fossilized piece of dung) paleontologists have discovered the oldest physical evidence of ...

New fossil evidence shows that South America’s extinct mastodons were vital seed dispersers, and their loss still haunts ...

An undertaker (Carl Lumbly) whom Marty meets refers to Chuck as “the Oz of the Apocalypse.” Marty reconnects with his ex-wife ...

Bountiful remains of foraminifera reveal how organisms responded to climate disturbances of the past. They can help predict the future, too.

New funding in Norman could help scientists understand how to preserve biodiversity in a world that has alarming similarities to one mass extinction in particular. David Wright, a paleontologist ...

Despite Earth's most devastating mass extinction wiping out over 80% of marine life and half of land species, a group of ...