The fossils, found at Big Bend National Park in Texas, belong to a group of ancient near-marsupials from the Paleocene period ...

“Many birds are already so threatened that reducing human impacts alone won't save them. These species need special recovery ...

The scientists discovered a new species of ancient near-marsupials, or Swaindelphys, while analyzing fossils from Texas’ Big ...

Earth's history is marked by devastating mass extinctions, each one reshaping life as we know it. Now, experts warn that ...

Scientists estimate that the first generation of reptiles evolved between 320 and 310 million years ago, this group was later dominated by dinosaurs which paleontologists say they evolved on Earth ...

Earth has already faced five mass extinctions—and scientists say the sixth has begun. Species are vanishing, climates are ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 ...

The world's sixth mass extinction: 'Probably already started' Corippo – Switzerland’s Smallest Village in Ticino’s Verzasca ...

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...

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

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...