Humanity's survival has never been guaranteed. Join us as we count down the most terrifying moments in history when life on ...

Figuring out which proxies are generally dependable and under which circumstances is a complex business, and this is ...

In school, we learned about the asteroid that wiped out an estimated 76% of all creatures. Scientists now call this the fifth mass extinction. You’re reading that correctly: throughout Earth’s history ...

Mass extinction events are defined by a 75% loss in total species. These events can take tens of thousands to several million years. Experts are alarmed at today’s “unprecedented” population abundance ...

The peopling of South America has long been debated, with various routes proposed for how they spread across the subcontinent ...

A latest study utilizing advanced spatial modeling has revealed that neither climate change nor direct competition with early modern humans can fully explain the disappearance of Neanderthals from ...

Between 50,000 and 10,000 years ago, many of the world's largest mammals disappeared. Picture creatures like saber-toothed ...

By Marta Serafinko April 28 (Reuters) - For people living in communities in the shadow of a volcano, a long silence may give ...

Merlin could disappear in worst-case scenario, with British isles facing ecological ‘point of no return’ The merlin, Britain’s smallest bird of prey, is one of more than 200 species that will become ...

A new study shows how the loss of large animals thousands of years ago still shapes ecosystems today and may affect their ...