Scientists suggest protecting key animal species could play a crucial role in tackling biodiversity loss, with new research ...

More than 2,000 volunteers are helping Polish scientists restore a Mastodonsaurus skeleton. This massive amphibian was an ...

Scientists have uncovered new clues about the giant space rock that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago and triggered one ...

Researchers suggest fern-covered landscapes burned across thousands of square kilometers after forests disappeared.

The mass extinction was linked to volcanic activity that resulted from the break-up of the "supercontinent" Pangea.

Earth's oceans into a toxic, oxygen-starved crisis that erased nearly all marine life. Scientists have finally uncovered what separated ...

Researchers identified the Chicxulub impactor as an exceptionally rare type of asteroid that wouldn't have triggered a mass ...

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely belonged to a rare class. The extinction occurred ...

Scientists trace the dinosaur-killing asteroid to a rare meteorite, shedding new light on Earth's biggest extinction event.

Oxygen is disappearing from oceans, lakes, rivers, and coastal waters at an alarming rate, threatening aquatic life and ...

The Interior Department’s Fish and Wildlife Service revised regulations implementing the Endangered Species Act.

A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that differences in physiology, metabolism, ...