Welcome to what scientists call the Sixth Mass Extinction. Unlike previous mass extinctions caused by asteroids or volcanoes, ...

As Earth's temperature rises sharply, the threat of a global mass extinction has loomed. But U of A researchers say that fear ...

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A new study finds that , amid ongoing climate change, extinction rates have slowed, currently being at their lowest levels in ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...

A giant asteroid impact ended the age of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. How did this mass extinction play out, moment by ...

Around 120 million years ago, a bird swallowed over 800 tiny stones and choked to death as a result. Paleontologists aren’t ...

A new study has revealed alarming declines in African penguin populations during their moulting season, attributing mass ...

A prehistoric bird that lived and died 120 million years ago has presented forensic paleontologists with a baffling medical ...

SRINAGAR: The Guryul Ravine in Kashmir—home to one of the world’s most complete fossil records of the Permian–Triassic mass ...

It also paved the way for the creation of dense, topical forests and fruit-bearing plants and trees. In this gallery, we travel back in time and understand the series of events that led to the ...