Earth's history is marked by violent mass extinctions that have shaped life on the planet. Here's how many of these events ...

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Extinction is a natural byproduct of life and evolution, but an alarming number of species have entered the dustbin of history thanks to human activity — which is anything but natural. "The solution ...

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Hundreds of species have gone extinct in recent centuries, but losses are few among larger classification levels, meaning we ...

Paleontologist Ken Lacovara is founder of a new museum and fossil park in New Jersey where visitors can see how dinosaurs lived 66 million years ago before an asteroid wiped out 75% of life on earth.

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 ...