A wave of new research is forcing paleontologists to reconsider a basic question about life on Earth: when did the first mass ...

Waves of extinction have ripped through life on Earth over and over again during its long history. The non-avian dinosaurs ...

Life on Earth began to recover much faster than previously thought, after the fall of an asteroid that destroyed the ...

The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs didn’t keep life down for long. New research shows that microscopic plankton began evolving into new species within just a few thousand years—and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skeleton of a Dodo. - Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After an ancient extinction killed about 85% of marine species, survivors in isolated refuges helped jawed vertebrates diversify ...

A fire-bellied newt (Cynops ensicauda) on Amami Island in Japan. Previously thought to be extinct, the newt and others in its genera are still alive. (John J. Wiens/University of Arizona) (CN) — For ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Stewart Edie, Smithsonian Institution (THE CONVERSATION) About 66 million years ago – ...

If you’re an animal living through a mass extinction, it’s best to be one that’s found a unique way to make a living. A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the asteroid ...