Extinction events are among the strongest forces which not only kill specific life forms but also offer the basis for fresh avenues of evolution. A recent study evokes a fascinating image of the ...

The collision released an immense amount of energy, equivalent to billions of nuclear bombs, leading to a mass extinction that wiped out 75% of Earth’s species, including the dinosaurs. Scientists ...

Many of these species face threats due to climate change, habitat destruction, and human exploitation, making conservation ...

The Cost of Preventing Extinction of Australia's Priority Species Feb. 3, 2025 — A new study has estimated it would cost $15.6 billion per year for 30 years to prevent extinction for 99 of ...

Paleontologists have unearthed two new sauropod dinosaur species from the Hațeg Basin in western Romania. Sauropods were ...

Credit: Mr J Sun (CC BY 4.0) Fossil evidence from North China indicates that certain ecosystems may have rebounded within just two million years after the end-Permian mass extinction, significantly ...

Would dropping every nuke or climate change make our home a barren, sterile world? Probably not, but we're trying ...

An asteroid impact triggered the K-Pg mass extinction, wiping out the non-avian dinosaurs, ending the Age of Reptiles, and ushering in the Age of Mammals. But why was it the mammals who ...

"Canberrans lucky enough to have a garden will have an abundance of dinosaurs visiting." How is that possible? Whimsy ...

A remarkable 100-million-year-old frog fossil discovered in northwest China is providing scientists with a rare glimpse into ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — Birds are survivors. They are the only dinosaurs that made it through the mass extinction. Yes, these little guys are theropods - the same group that included velociraptors ...

Nautilus- Age: Over 500 million years. This deep-sea mollusk is a "living fossil" that has survived multiple mass extinctions ...