Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

Gene-edited animals or plants wouldn’t have a chance if released into a barren habitat or a poaching hotspot. Genomic tools ...

In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on Earth.

Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as ...

The huge climate changes back then occurred during the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction – sometimes referred to as the "Great Dying," which happened around 252 million years ago, leading to ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.  ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that ...