Earth has a long and dramatic history, and one recurring theme is extinction. Did you know that over the last 500 million years, our planet experienced five major mass extinction events? These events ...

250 million years ago, catastrophic volcanic eruptions plunged Earth’s oceans into a toxic, oxygen-starved crisis that erased ...

The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, ...

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 in the ...

An interdisciplinary team from Florida State University's Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science has uncovered ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth’s oceans became a lethal test of animal physiology. Nearly every marine species vanished, ...

A speculative paper argues that ancient planetary flybys may have helped trigger some of Earth’s mass extinctions.

Life on Earth underwent a long evolutionary journey that eventually gave rise to us, the purportedly intelligent species that dominates the planet.

The dinosaur-ending meteor devastating may have been its angle ...

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. The Permian–Triassic ...

If you’re an animal living through a mass extinction, it’s best to be one that’s found a unique way to make a living. A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the asteroid ...

Why do beaches today have seashells from clams and snails instead of brachiopods? A new study suggests the answer lies in ...