New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

We can’t sugar coat it, the future of our planet looks pretty bleak – at least according to new predictions from scientists. In fact, an experiment conducted by a supercomputer has suggested that ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

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

Scientists have speculated for years that the world is coming up on its sixth mass extinction, when a majority of the Earth’s creatures become extinct. But a couple of Virginia Tech researchers are ...

Scientists have uncovered new details about the vulnerability of ancient shark and ray species, showing a long history of ...

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Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

Mass extinction events represent intervals of abrupt, large‐scale loss of biodiversity that have repeatedly reshaped life on Earth. These crises are commonly linked to dramatic environmental ...