Many experts have concluded the planet is in the midst of a mass extinction event — during which large numbers of plant and ...

Kenneth Lacovara, Ph.D., has spent years traveling the world looking for fossils and the extinction layer–a sediment layer covering the world that signifies the end of the Cretaceous period that ...

Extinction rates are not spiraling upward as many believe, according to a large-scale study analyzing 500 years of data.

Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on ...

For years, headlines have warned that Earth is entering its sixth mass extinction, but a new study suggests these fears may ...

Around 66 million years ago, Earth underwent a catastrophic event that wiped out nearly 75% of all species, including the ...

Some experts believe that we're already in a sixth mass extinction event, but given the numbers, others aren't so sure.

Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth's largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet's worst mass extinction event. The eruptions spewed large amounts of greenhouse gases ...

Crocodiles are persistent - not just in their deadly pursuit of prey, but in terms of their existence. The contemporary species hails from a 230-million-year lineage that has survived two mass ...