Tropical ecosystems rely on the infrastructure provided by termites. These insects supply plants with vital nutrients by ...

Remarkably preserved fossils found in southern China offer a fascinating window into what life looked like at the end of the ...

When it comes to studying dinosaurs, not all fossils are created equal. Some, unearthed in pristine condition, serve as ...

Earth's food webs suffer when giant animals go extinct, even 10,000 years later.

Over 200,000 years, a single species spread from a small corner of Africa to dominate every ecosystem on Earth, driving countless others to extinction along the way. This is the story of how Homo ...

New research reveals that mass extinctions, from the End-Triassic event to the Late Pleistocene megafauna losses, have left ...

Mammals and dinosaurs coexisted on Earth until a catastrophic event 66 million years ago killed 75% of life on the planet.

Seventy-five million years ago, a Cimolodon desosai lived in the waning days of the Cretaceous period. While dinosaurs ruled ...

The critically endangered mountain pygmy possum, weighing as much as a golf ball, faces extinction due to climate change ...

The world's food system is fracturing under the weight of biodiversity loss, climate shocks, and escalating geopolitical ...

The phosphate deposits of Morocco’s Khouribga Province continue to reshape what scientists know about the final chapter of the age of dinosaurs.

Steve Brusatte, an evolutionary biologist who specializes in dinosaur anatomy and evolution, gave a lecture on the rise and fall of dinosaurs in Kane Hall on April 24. Presenting to a room of all ages ...