Scientists have uncovered a treasure trove of fossils buried under Arctic mud for about 250 million years. These remains, ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

Nearly all life that ever existed on Earth eventually disappeared. Five known mass extinctions wiped out up to 96 percent of species in sudden, catastrophic events. While mainstream science favored ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Throughout its 4.5 billion-year history, Earth has endured numerous mass extinctions, each of ...

Guryul ravine in Kashmir preserves the world's clearest geological record of the "Great Dying", Earth's most devastating mass ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of a ...