Some of the most beautiful creatures to grace the ancient seas, the ammonites, disappeared in the end-Cretaceous mass extinction that finished off the dinosaurs 65.5 million years ago. "It's a tragic ...

This tiny frog carried a deadly fungal pathogen that silently spread across forests and rivers worldwide, infecting amphibians on multiple continents and helping trigger one of the largest wildlife ...

For 350 million years, ammonites were the resilient masterpieces of the ancient seas. They survived the Great Dying of the ...

Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the ...

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later.

Exciting news on the extinction front emerged last week from Indonesia: An orangutan used a rope bridge strung high between ...

Fresh fossil analyses suggest the Kotlin Crisis 550 million years ago wiped out up to 80% of marine species, making it ...

A forgotten dinosaur skull sat in storage for decades—until scientists rediscovered it and uncovered a new species that could change evolution.

New technology has helped a team of scientists uncover more than 20 microscopic fossils, including a species previously unknown to science. The discovery may provide us with fresh insights into the ...