Earth’s 5 catastrophic mass extinctions, explained
Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...
Stanford Scientists Crack 252-Million-Year-Old Biodiversity Mystery
Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...
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Marine life became strangely uniform after Earth’s worst mass extinction
After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...
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Warm Waters Helped Some Species Thrive After Earth's Great Dying
Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet's ...
How survivors spanned the globe after Earth's biggest mass extinction
Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...
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Supernovas may have had a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
resulting in a chain of events that could cause a mass extinction.During the Devonian geological era, life thrived on land for the first time, but early land plants and animals making the ...