Earth's history is marked by devastating mass extinctions, each one reshaping life as we know it. Now, experts warn that ...

Discover how a 55-million-year-old frog fossil is reshaping our understanding of Australia's evolutionary history.

By using high-resolution fossil data and advanced computing tools, the scientists revealed that over 300 million years ago, ...

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 that lived or died out in the wake of the asteroid ...

The most famous victims of a mass extinction are the dinosaurs that died out around 66 million years ago, but much of what we know about such events comes from studying marine life. Indeed, the ...

Why past mass extinctions didn't break ecosystems—But this one might. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 06 / 250609020620.htm.

Instead, he argues that we should aim to prevent human-induced extinction from hitting 0.2 per cent of species – a far cry from the 75 per cent needed to qualify for a mass extinction, and the ...

These are the most commonly agreed upon major mass extinctions in paleontology. You’ve also likely heard about a sixth one. Many ecologists and biologists say we’re on the precipice ...

Examining the fallout from the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period, researchers found that the species that survived weren’t random.

Mass extinctions clearly upend the status quo. Now, our ocean floors are dominated by clams burrowed into sand and mud, the quahogs, cockles and their relatives – a scene far different from that of ...