The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...

Few people could write so genially, even humorously, about our existential crisis. Henry Gee can, in his excellent new book ...

National Panda Day highlights global conservation efforts to protect pandas from habitat loss and possible extinction.

A staple of breakfasts and desserts, the Cavendish banana is now facing an unprecedented threat. A fearsome fungus, Panama ...

The fastest shark in the sea is losing the race against extinction. Capable of reaching speeds of up to 45 miles per hour, ...

Rapid Species Decline Climate change is causing a dramatic decline in species across the globe. Scientists estimate that the ...

This destabilized the climate and the carbon cycle, leading to dramatic global warming, deoxygenated oceans, and mass extinction. However, many plants survived, leaving behind fossils which scientists ...

More than a quarter of our planet's natural "geomorphs" -- animals such as beavers and hippos that, collectively, can reshape ...

A joint research team from China and abroad has for the first time found that mammaliaforms from the Jurassic and Cretaceous ...