the most severe biodiversity crisis since the Cambrian period. Published in Science Advances, the research challenges the common belief that land-based ecosystems were as heavily impacted as marine ...

Here, we will explore what the Earth was like at this time, the plants and animals that existed, and the extinction events ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

Utah researchers say they believe they now know how existing crocodile, alligator and gharial species survived a pair of mass extinction events — information that could fuel future research.

from the Cambrian Period of the Burgess Shale of Canada. They photographed the specimens, both wet and dry, using a polarizing filter that can better reveal subtle features and extinction phases ...

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. The new analysis ...

Protesters from Extinction Rebellion spray-painted slogans on the building on Tuesday, including a crossed-out reference to 'DOGE' and messages opposing billionaire influence on climate policy.