Following the worst mass extinction event on Earth, the land was not entirely barren of life. In the wake of this cataclysm, ...

Scientists Found What May Be Earth's First Mass Extinction and It Was More Catastrophic Than Anyone Realized ...

In school, we learned about the asteroid that wiped out an estimated 76% of all creatures. Scientists now call this the fifth mass extinction. You’re reading that correctly: throughout Earth’s history ...

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a ...

Fresh fossil analyses suggest the Kotlin Crisis 550 million years ago wiped out up to 80% of marine species, making it Earth's earliest known mass extinction. This overturns the long-standing view ...

Ancient lycophytes may have survived extreme heat during Earth’s worst extinction using a rare photosynthesis method.

Learn how ancient plants survived extreme heat after the Permian–Triassic mass extinction and what their strategy could mean ...

In the aftermath of Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event, one unlikely survivor rose to dominate a shattered world: Lystrosaurus. Now, a stunning fossil discovery—an ancient egg containing a ...

During the worst mass extinction event in Earth's history, vast wetlands suffered increased wildfires, turning the world's largest carbon sinks into carbon sources. Credit: Victor O. Leshyk ...

A real T. rex is coming to the Nutmeg State in an event where visitors can learn how the apex predator met its own demise. The Bruce Museum in Greenwich will be hosting the "Six Extinctions" exhibit ...

Mass extinction events are defined by a 75% loss in total species. These events can take tens of thousands to several million years. Experts are alarmed at today’s “unprecedented” population abundance ...