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

The Current Mass Extinction: Is the biosphere today on the verge of anything like the mass extinctions of the geological past? Could some equivalent of meteorite impacts or dramatic climate change ...

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?

Scientists believe humans are now causing a mass extinction of plants and animals. Modern agriculture is a major contributor.

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

The disappearance of species is destructive, but it’s also one of the most natural, creative forces on Earth.

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

Mass extinction event 260 million years ago resulted from climate change, studies say Ocean stagnation, ecosystem collapses, and volcano eruptions all played a role.

The Great Dying The Permian-Triassic mass extinction –also called The Great Dying–was triggered by massive volcanic eruptions in present day Siberia.

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

When we talk about mass extinction events, the first case that usually comes to mind is when an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago and triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs.