A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

Researchers predict that a collision with the asteroid Bennu would plunge Earth into a year's long 'impact winter'.

A recently analyzed near-complete fossil skull found in Antarctica has revealed Vegavis iaai to be the oldest known modern bird, according to a study published in Nature.

A new and nearly complete skull of Vegavis iaai discovered in Antarctica suggests that modern birds originated before the end ...

In the long and storied history of earth, there have been five mass extinctions, the most famous, of course, being the ...

Alexandra Bell is bringing more than a decade of experience in nuclear policy to the organization that sets the Doomsday ...

The divergent patterns of Permian–Triassic mass extinction (PTME) have been extensively documented ... This study was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.

A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of Australia's priority species. The research highlights the urgent need for increased funding ...

A new review has documented the remarkable journey of Australia's most critically endangered marsupial, the Gilbert's potoroo ...

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...