Researchers identified the Chicxulub impactor as an exceptionally rare type of asteroid that wouldn't have triggered a mass ...

The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, ...

Scientists have identified a rare CO chondrite meteorite as the impactor that caused dinosaur extinction. This space rock, ...

Earth's oceans into a toxic, oxygen-starved crisis that erased nearly all marine life. Scientists have finally uncovered what separated ...

The End Triassic Extinction, one of Earth’s most significant mass extinctions, reshaped life on the planet 201.6 million years ago. Three-quarters of species vanished, signaling the transition from ...

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...

So, by that standard, could a similar fate await humanity in the not-so-distant future? Well, as the saying goes, all good ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth’s oceans became a lethal test of animal physiology. Nearly every marine species vanished, ...

A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet's biggest mass extinction ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 15, 2024, 02:57pm EDT Sep 15, 2024, 03:21pm EDT The early ...

Biodiversity underpins ecosystem functioning, human welfare and planetary resilience. Yet current rates of species decline and population losses far exceed those of the geological past, signalling an ...

Why do beaches today have seashells from clams and snails instead of brachiopods? A new study suggests the answer lies in ...