CREDIT: Deposit Photos. Earth’s largest mass extinction, often referred to as the “Great Dying,” occurred about 252 million years ago.

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 ...

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

Throughout its 4.5 billion-year history, Earth has endured numerous mass extinctions, each of which has wiped out more than three-quarters of the planet's species and greatly reduced its biodiversity.

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth’s history. A new study ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...

Has Life on Earth Survived More Than Five Mass Extinctions? Scientists aren’t just arguing whether humans are causing a sixth mass extinction event now, but whether many more occurred in the past ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of a ...