The Earth is actually coming out of an ice age, so it's relatively cold in the grand scheme of Earth's history. But the issue ...

Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass ...

Scientists say a Chinese fossil site offers the first major look at life after the Sinsk mass extinction.

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The Huayuan biota fills a gap in the fossil record that has made it difficult to study recovery after the Sinsk event. With ...

Researchers studying the soft-bodied Ediacaran biotas of the world generally accept that there are three distinct assemblages. The 575–560-million-year-old (Ma) Avalon Assemblage is best known from ...

Paleobiologist Geerat Vermeij is enthralled with mollusks. Their shells line the surfaces and fill the cabinets and drawers ...

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The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

Critics say the crypto bear market has sounded Web3's death knell. There's no doubt the casualties are mounting. Once-hyped projects are shuttering. Ecosystems that commanded billion-dollar valuations ...

House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries called President Donald Trump’s poll numbers an “extinction-level event,” sharply criticizing his standing with voters. Jeffries argued the numbers reflect ...