Deeper in time, a mass extinction event that ended the Devonian Period, a geological era when life thrived on land for the first time, was also attributed to a hyperthermal event likely triggered ...

This unprecedented die-off is now known as the earth’s first mass extinction, the Late Ordovician mass extinction or simply LOME. Many researchers have devoted time, or even careers, to uncovering the ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

Deeper in time, a mass extinction event that ended the Devonian Period, a geological era when life thrived on land for the first time, was also attributed to a hyperthermal event likely triggered ...

A new study challenges long-held assumptions about survival following a global catastrophe. If you're an animal trying to ...

A mass extinction occurs when at least 75% of ... senior scientist at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. Similar to the first extinction, animals that do not move or move very little are the most ...

The grant will help them investigate the first major mass extinction in Earth’s history, according to the press release. The funding is part of a $1.17 million collaborative effort between OU ...

For the first time, we are trying to put our finger on a geologically superlative event while it’s happening. —Jacquelyn Gill, University of Maine The K-Pg extinction is the most recent of five events ...

Likewise, the Carnian pluvial episode, a smaller mass-extinction event that I’m also fond of and that occurred some 230 million years ago, was so pivotal that the scientists who study this ...

Deeper in time, a mass extinction event that ended the Devonian Period, a geological era when life thrived on land for the first time, was also attributed to a hyperthermal event likely triggered ...