When it comes to mass extinctions, you probably imagine giant volcanic eruptions or asteroids raining fire from the sky, but ...

As Earth's temperature rises sharply, the threat of a global mass extinction has loomed. But U of A researchers say that fear ...

A new study finds that , amid ongoing climate change, extinction rates have slowed, currently being at their lowest levels in ...

80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than ...

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Mongabay as well as being an author and freelance writer for the Guardian and other outlets. He started his journalism career ...

The exact moment when Earth’s most catastrophic mass extinction ended the dinosaurs’ reign 65 million years ago has remained ...

Animals often swallow stones called gastroliths to help grind food. But none of the thousands of similar fossil birds have ever been found with swallowed stones.

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

Taronga Zoo has successfully bred native Australian animals for years — but it now has a vision on how to re-establish their ...

A giant asteroid impact ended the age of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. How did this mass extinction play out, moment by ...

A fossil only tells part of the story. When an animal's body is preserved as a fossil, there are often pieces missing, and ...