With only 3 per cent of global species increasing in number the world appears to be entering its sixth mass extinction period brought about entirely by humans, according to a new study. The paper, ...

Since the beginning of time, Earth has created life and then wiped out most of it in catastrophic, ultra-destructive moments.

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "Life oasis" for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

Among sharks and rays, species within the first four million years of existence are significantly more likely to go extinct than older species, according to a study led by researchers from the ...

More about the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction The Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the “Great Dying,” was the most severe mass extinction in Earth’s history, occurring about 252 ...

It is not yet possible to clone a mammoth and bring it back to life but the use of advanced genetic techniques will make it possible to achieve "de-extinction" of species across the world, ...

Can we estimate how much life there was on Earth before the Permian extinction events? We have no way of knowing how densely the Permian world was inhabited or how large the different animal ...