Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

A new study reveals that ocean acidification, triggered by a massive carbon dioxide surge from volcanic activity during the ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using ...

Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction Events Publication Trend The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Cretaceous-Paleogene Mass Extinction Events.

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on Earth.

An international research team from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin and from Buenos Aires and Washington D.C. has identified ...

The Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction—sometimes referred to as the "Great Dying," happened around 252 million years ago, leading to the massive loss of marine species and significant declines ...