Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME) is the earliest of the Phanerozoic, ... The average species extinction rate during this phase was 8.4% per 100 kyr.

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

Invasive species have been implicated in 60% of known species extinctions worldwide. Small but mighty, snails have been a rich part of Earth’s history for at least 500 million years.

Palaeoecology is the study of past ecosystems using palaeontological methods. Fossil data are used to reconstruct interactions between different species and between species and their environment ...

Conservation is about the ecosystems that species define and on which they depend. Conservation is about finding alternative, sustainable futures for peoples, for forests, and for wetlands.

Shrimp trawlers accidentally caught slender sharks with large eyes & blade-like teeth, then scientists discovered a new species: Indian houndshark, study said.

Enigmatic hominin species studied using 2 million-year-old proteins We weren't even sure if Paranthropus remains come from a single species. John Timmer – May 29, 2025 2:10 pm ...

Plants produce an enormous abundance of natural products. Many natural plant products are ancestry-specific and occur only in certain plant families, sometimes only in a single species.

New species discovered! Read the latest research news on newly discovered frogs, cave crickets, monkeys and more.

Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada. A cluster of greater ...