A chilling new assessment suggests our planet is hurtling towards an unprecedented loss of life, with human activity squarely ...

Scientists are using fossils to help uncover how ancient life survived mass extinction, offering insights for modern ...

Throughout Earth’s history, there have been several global extinction events, wiping out large portions of life across the ...

A massive asteroid, expected to be larger than San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, will pass close to Earth on June 5.

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

If you're an animal living through a mass extinction, it's best to be one that's found a unique way to make a living.A new analysis of the species ...

Dozens of NASA's missions to explore the cosmos could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump administration.

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe ...

A former US official warns about preparations for a ‘near extinction event’. Learn more about the underground city plans.