Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our planet's history.

Imagine someone digs you up in 15,000 years and discovers what you had for lunch the day that you died. That’s more or less ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Around 20% of species threatened with extinction, 11.5% near threatened, shows latest Mammal Red List by Endangered Wildlife ...

Backed by a National Science Foundation grant of more than $500,000, Pfeifer, the lead principal investigator, and a team of ...

While the average person may believe we’re losing species faster than we can discover new ones, that may not be the case. A recent analysis hosted at the University of Arizona has researchers arguing ...

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Wildlife crime may sound like something that happens far away in dense jungles or on the high seas, but it is an increasingly ...