Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

Wright and his team found the timing of supernovae near Earth aligned with two significant mass extinction ... of fish found in ancient seas and lakes, while the Ordovician event wiped out about ...

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it ...

After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the ...

It’s always unfortunate when a species goes extinct. This tragedy usually happens over a prolonged period, but certain events ...