Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

A group of scientists and NASA got together and with the help of supercomputers came up with a date for total and complete ...

A team of NASA researchers and experts from Toho University in Japan have collaborated to establish a timeline for humanity’s ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

There is much talk, and study, about life on Earth and especially about when the time of extinction will come. In this case, studies are piling up. Several scientists from prestigi ...

The museum hopes that after learning about the planet’s prehistoric past, people will do more to preserve Earth’s future.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the 'devastating' effects of nearby supernova explosions, a new study suggests. Researchers say these super-powerful blasts ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, ...