Human activity may be setting the stage for the largest extinction event since the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 ...

Many experts have concluded the planet is in the midst of a mass extinction event — during which large numbers of plant and ...

Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long ...

Some experts believe that we're already in a sixth mass extinction event, but given the numbers, others aren't so sure.

Sharks might be the all time bullet-dodging champions. They’ve been around for about 450 million years, longer than trees, longer than the rings of Saturn, and longer than most of the other life on ...