Earth’s history is marked by periods of immense destruction, where vast numbers of species vanished in a short time. These ...

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

A near-perfect fossilized skull discovered in Antarctica reveals the bridge between prehistoric and modern birds, a new study ...

The sixth mass extinction isn’t a distant threat—it’s happening now. Species are vanishing at an alarming rate due to habitat ...

A few fossilized body parts hinted at an enigmatic bird's close ties to waterfowl like ducks and geese. A newfound skull may bolster that idea.

A 68-million-year-old skull fossil found in Antarctica has revealed the oldest known modern bird, which was likely related to the waterfowl that live by lakes and oceans today, according to new ...

The new head of Britain’s competition watchdog has said that businesses should adopt more green policies to avert a “sixth ...

Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event. Nature Communications , 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55145-6 Cite This Page : ...

Altering natural habitats for agriculture is the single biggest driver of extinctions. Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Now, new maps link ...

The fossil was found at a cliff in Denmark. Fossilized vomit is called regurgitalite, and it's a type of trace fossil, which ...

Mass extinctions are very important to how life evolved on Earth. For example, when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, the resulting dinosaur extinction led mammals to... Researchers ...