Of course, this is an average rate -- the actual pattern of mammalian extinctions ... in the face of the current mass extinction. But thousands of others, many never known to science, are likely ...

Geology’s Theory of Everything continues successfully to defend its title. ■ Curious about the world? To enjoy our ...

A new simulation predicts that, Earth will become uninhabitable due to extreme heat, volcanic activity, and a superheated ...

By looking at the ages of impact craters formed after earthly collisions with asteroids and comets, the team discovered a pattern that closely matches the mass extinction cycle not-so-coincidentally.

Of course, this is an average rate -- the actual pattern of mammalian extinctions ... in the face of the current mass extinction. But thousands of others, many never known to science, are likely ...

The current mass extinction differs from all others in being driven by a single species ... waves of extinction soon followed. The colonization-followed-by-extinction pattern can be seen as recently ...

Climate change and habitat destruction are driving species to extinction at an alarming rate. The impact extends across all ...

In the spirit of “everything is connected,” a new study found that the extinction of the dinosaurs paved the way for the emergence of fruit, which nourished our primate ancestors. Tapping into this ...