Mass extinction

A new study led by Dartmouth College may finally settle a long-standing debate over what caused five major mass extinctions

Most scientists agree that a "mass extinction" event is underway with the Earth's wildlife disappearing at an alarming rate, mainly du...

Geological clues suggest that the space rock that created Chicxulub crater was a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite.

For more than 3.5 billion years, living organisms have thrived, multiplied and diversified to occupy every ecosystem on Earth.

Ordovician–Silurian mass extinction, illustration. The Ordovician–Silurian extinction event, also known as the Late Ordovician mass extinction (LOME) around 443 million years ago, 85% of all species on Earth went extinct.

“A scene from our very cold afternoon dog walk OR #paleoart of the first phase of the Ordovician Mass Extinction? It's difficult to tell.”

No other scientific theory annoys people like evolution. Go up to random pedestrians on the street and start talking about string theory and you’ll get ignored—do the same with evolution and you’ll eventually get punched. According to a recent Gallup poll, only fifteen percent of us believe we evolved by chance, which is less than

Sobering new report says world is failing to grasp the extent of threats posed by biodiversity loss and the climate crisis