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 ...

Around 66 million years ago, a six-mile-wide asteroid hit Earth, triggering the extinction of three-quarters of all living ...

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 ...

Participants at the Astana International Forum ...

By studying the impacts of this ancient event, scientists hope to ... such as the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, the asteroid strike also had a severe impact on life in the sea.

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.

By studying the impacts of this ancient event, scientists hope to ensure that mussels ... While we often think about the impact of life on land, such as the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs, the ...