This video looks at the deadliest disasters in human and planetary history, from famines and plagues to asteroid impacts, ...

Available to stream starting Wednesday, July 29, 2026 with KPBS+. Just before the Age of Dinosaurs, life was thriving on the ...

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

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

University of Miami scientists are working to save an endangered coral species from extinction by bringing them ashore.

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

So, by that standard, could a similar fate await humanity in the not-so-distant future? Well, as the saying goes, all good ...

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

The asteroid that ended the age of dinosaurs may have been far rarer, drier and less sulfur-rich than scientists once thought ...

ChatGPT maker OpenAI says it is still investigating the “unprecedented cyber incident” that led its artificial intelligence ...

A violent collision in the main asteroid belt may have sent debris raining across the inner solar system about 800 million ...

The international team reached the conclusion after analysing nickel isotopes preserved in a thin layer of clay left behind ...