Putting an end to a mass extinction sounds like an impossible task, but some researchers argue that doing so would be setting ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

Most people think a meteor killed the dinosaurs - but that wasn’t Earth’s biggest extinction. The Permian-Triassic extinction event wiped out over 90% of marine life and 70% of land species. It was ...

Study by UChicago, Smithsonian, UK Natural History Museum challenges assumptions about survival after global catastrophe ...

The Permian period was one of the most extreme and unforgiving chapters in Earth’s history. In this video, we dive into the ...

For the first time, a giant alatoconchid bivalve fossil has been discovered by researchers in Central China's Hubei Province, offering crucial new evidence for understanding one of Earth's major ...

A vanishing species of whale gave birth to few babies this birthing season, raising alarms among scientists and conservationists who fear the animal could go extinct. The whale is the North ...

College of Culture and Tourism, Zhangzhou Institute of Technology, Zhangzhou, China State Key Laboratory of Biogeology and Environmental Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China School ...

We are all too aware of New Mexico’s dependence on the oil and gas industry. I’m not the only one noting that our economy is not diversified enough or that our state budget is scarily ...

Let's do it. (pensive music) - Scientists agree that Earth has seen five mass extinction events in its history, with the end Permian being the worst. Some believe we could be on the cusp of a ...

FORT WORTH, Texas—The CEO of Brazos Midstream, the largest independent infrastructure company in the Permian Basin, quashed recent rumors that his company would sell. “Ultimately, we decided this is ...

Tragically, gill nets—which hang vertically and trap fish by their gills—are entangling dolphins and driving them toward extinction. Without urgent action, these cooperative, curious creatures ...