In a lecture in Rio, the director of the Center for Health and Human Performance at the University of London spoke about the ...

The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

A Texas-based startup has revived the long-extinct dire wolf, but should we take their efforts with a pinch of salt?

A bitter struggle for control of a professional association is proving that diversity, equity and inclusion remains a ...

After the end-Permian mass extinction, certain species thrived in warmer, oxygen-depleted waters, spreading globally. This ...

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

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet’s ...

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

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 end-Permian mass extinction – the most extreme event of its ...

Scientists don’t call it the “Great Dying” for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...