Peak oil calls on us to imagine a lower-energy future and to start adapting now. Its a game-changer, and a life-changer.

New reconstructions of 540 million years of climate history show the planet tumbling between icehouse and hothouse states, revealing how rare and vulnerable our temperate moment is.

Trilobites, cephalopods, and other ancient prehistoric creatures that date back to around 500 million years ago or slightly ...

Earth has a long and dramatic history, and one recurring theme is extinction. Did you know that over the last 500 million years, our planet experienced five major mass extinction events? These events ...

Earth's history is marked by violent mass extinctions that have shaped life on the planet. Here's how many of these events have occurred and their impact.

Earth’s history is marked by catastrophic events that have wiped out the majority of species living at different times. These mass extinctions—defined as events that eliminate over 75% of species in a ...

Jaws' is often credited as an inspiration for generations of marine biologists fascinated by sharks. The movie returns to theaters Labor Day weekend.

New research, based on fossils discovered in Tanzania and Zambia, broadens our understanding of the Permian ecosystem before the Great Dying. These finds, including saber-toothed gorgonopsians and ...

More than 250 million years ago, life on Earth faced its most devastating crisis — a global event so severe that it wiped out nearly three-quarters of life on land and an even larger share in the ...

As we stand on the Earth’s ground, we claim we know about its genesis and what happened before we came into existence, but do we really? Let’s retrace our footsteps (or fossils) and travel back in ...

The most devastating was the Permian-Triassic extinction (252 million years ago), often called “The Great Dying,” which eliminated roughly 96% of marine species and 70% of terrestrial vertebrates. The ...

In a groundbreaking paleontological discovery, scientists have unveiled a new genus and species of mid-sized pareiasaur, Yinshanosaurus angustus. The species, found in 2018 from two fossilized ...