The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass ...

Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

Freshwater life is vanishing at a pace that now rivals, and in some cases exceeds, losses on land and at sea. New global ...

This is Part 3 of a three-part series. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.The first wave of the “Sixth Extinction” outlined in ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...

The loss of species due to animal extinctions is a profound tragedy for our world. It strips away the incredible diversity and delicate balance that sustains ecosystems and enriches our planet. Every ...

Learn how geological clues preserved in ancient oceans link repeated volcanic eruptions to Triassic marine extinctions.

Anthropologists created a computational model to predict the likelihood of animal extinctions based on the complex interaction of hunting and environmental change. During the Late Pleistocene, ...

Anthropogenic extinction, which is driven by human activities, poses a severe threat to biodiversity worldwide. Professor Bridget B. Baker of the University of Florida's Wildlife Ecology and ...