An illustration of the Devonian period fish, Dunkleosteus, preying on eurypterids (sea scorpions), which in turn were feeding on the smaller trilobites. Depleting oxygen and rising hydrogen sulfide ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...

"These events can either be a catastrophe or the best thing that has happened to our planet, depending on what point of view you are taking." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

A mass extinction event is already underway. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The present extinction rate of life on Earth doesn't ...

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...

For a long time, the prevailing theory was that dinosaurs were already in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth ...

Almost all life on land and in the ocean was wiped out during "The Great Dying," a mass extinction event at the end of the Permian Era about 250 million years ago. New evidence suggests that the Great ...

Tropical waters would experience the greatest loss of biodiversity, while polar species are at the highest risk of extinction. Climate-driven ocean warming and oxygen depletion would be the primary ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Throughout its 4.5 billion-year history, Earth has endured numerous mass extinctions, each of ...