In the first and only reconstruction of ocean pH ever carried out, new research from the University of St Andrews and the ...

During long history of planet Earth, massive extinctions and violent climate changes are the norm. We’ve created this infographic to help you chart the rise and fall and rise of life on Earth ...

At least five times, a biological catastrophe has engulfed Earth killing off the vast majority of species. As scientists say we’re in a sixth mass extinction, what can we learn from the past?

Ever since the first dinosaur fossils were identified in the 19th century, scientists have been trying to figure out why ...

Graph from Biology: The Dynamics of Life by Alton Biggs, et al ... Many weedy species will probably survive, and even thrive, in the face of the current mass extinction. But thousands of ...

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

The scientists 60 Minutes spoke said that, without changing our behavior, this extinction crisis will become irreversible. Rebecca Shaw: None of the dinosaurs made it through the last mass extinction.

Extinction’s beneficent side puts us in an awkward, even discomforting position. The world, after all, is on the upslope of another significant extinction event.