The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.

Extinction is a natural part of life on Earth. But occasionally, extinction rates have surged far beyond usual levels, driving mass extinction events that have reshaped the trajectory of life. After a ...

Beyond the immediate impact damage, an asteroid impact would have long-lasting effects on Earth's atmosphere. What would ...

PBS Nova explained how a small terrestrial bird was able to survive the devastating asteroid that caused a mass extinction ...

For months I'd been on the trail of the greatest natural disaster in Earth's history ... killer responsible for the largest of the many mass extinctions that have struck the planet.

Here are four animals that managed to persist through Earth’s mass extinction events. Additionally, horseshoe crabs have a reproductive strategy that includes spawning in large numbers ...

But scientists debate if that’s sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is undergoing a mass extinction event—or whether that’s even a helpful designation. After a year teaching an algorithm to ...

While the series deals with Earth’s history on a geological ... So it’s not a sixth mass extinction event that we’re precipitating, it’s a mass extermination event.” ...

We're in the midst of the Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis. Harvard biologist E. O. Wilson estimated that 30,000 species per year (or three species per hour) are being driven to extinction.

Scientists have made an exciting discovery—a 69-million-year-old fossil found in Antarctica is the oldest known modern bird.

Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs ... the survival of at least 25% of species on Earth following the event. While sulfur remains the primary driver ...