For decades, the asteroid that ended the reign of the dinosaurs has stood as a symbol of total planetary devastation. But ...

In a new study in Geology, researchers calculated how long it took for novel single-celled marine species to appear after the asteroid impact, and it’s surprisingly fast.

Sixty-six million years ago, the dinosaurs had a really bad day when a colossal asteroid impact spurred their extinction. But ...

The asteroid that struck the Earth 66 million years ago devastated life across the planet, wiping out the dinosaurs and other organisms in a hail of fire and catastrophic climate change. But new ...

Once written off as extinct, the silver-backed chevrotain forces scientists to confront how much of biodiversity still lives ...

The impact of the asteroid in present-day Yucatan wiped out almost all life on Earth. It recovered faster than previously ...

Hyderabad: The real estate boom, coupled with sheer neglect to history, has led to the disappearance of the rock art site of ...

One of Earth’s earliest mass extinctions wiped out most ocean life during a sudden global ice age. From the ruins, jawed vertebrates survived, diversified, and transformed the course of evolution.

Learn how microscopic fossils reveal that tiny seafloor organisms were already feeding and recycling nutrients soon after one ...

A wolf puppy's frozen stomach contents have upended theories on the woolly rhinoceros extinction, revealing a genetically healthy population that vanished abruptly around 14,000 years ago.

New research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals significant recent shifts in tree diversity among the tropical ...