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

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

This video looks at the deadliest disasters in human and planetary history, from famines and plagues to asteroid impacts, ...

Clams and snails rule today’s shores because their ancient ancestors survived a catastrophe that erased nearly all ocean life. The shells scattered along modern beaches are clues to an ancient ...

Unearthed in southern Poland in 2023, the fossil is the first Mastodonsaurus skeleton to be found in such a well-preserved, nearly complete state, according to Warsaw's Copernicus Science Center, ...

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

Researchers suggest fern-covered landscapes burned across thousands of square kilometers after forests disappeared.

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

Scientists have identified the rare type of space rock behind the mass extinction that killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ...

In a rare step few countries have tried, New Zealand is now rushing to vaccinate 300 breeding pairs of its most endangered ...

The dinosaur-ending meteor devastating may have been its angle ...

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely belonged to a rare class. The extinction occurred ...