The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have done okay.

A new study from Keele University suggests that at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by ...

A groundbreaking discovery in China's Turpan-Hami Basin suggests that some terrestrial ecosystems remained largely unaffected ...

A 70-million-year-old titanosaur skeleton was discovered in France by amateur paleontologist Damien Boschetto. The nearly ...

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

In 2021, a team led by Dr Gary Kinsland of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette found evidence that the impact and resulting tsunami left "megaripples" of sediment 16 meters (53 feet) high and 600 ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

NANJING -- A new study has revealed that a region of the Turpan-Hami Basin in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous ...

Exploding stars in near-solar space may have triggered at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers at Keele University say these ...

"If a massive star were to explode as a supernova close to the Earth, the results would be devastating for life on Earth," said Nick Wright, an astrophysicist at Keele University in the United Kingdom ...