Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...
Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...
A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...
Paleontologists in England discovered the existence of a new marine species that roamed the Earth before the dinosaurs and ...
Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...
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 ...
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...
It’s always unfortunate when a species goes extinct. This tragedy usually happens over a prolonged period, but certain events ...
After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.
The evidence was gathered from bone articular fragments of therian mammals, which includes marsupials and placentals.
The team suggested a supernova may have stripped the ozone layer that shields the Earth from damaging radiation, resulting in a chain of events that could cause a mass extinction.During the ...
More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.