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 ...

Following the worst mass extinction event on Earth, the land was not entirely barren of life. In the wake of this cataclysm, ...

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 ...

A forgotten dinosaur skull sat in storage for decades—until scientists rediscovered it and uncovered a new species that could change evolution.

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 ...

Ancient lycophytes may have survived extreme heat during Earth’s worst extinction using a rare photosynthesis method.

Should scientists intervene when faced with the possible self-destruction of a species? That question sits at the heart of ...

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 ...

More than one million species are now at risk, and many scientists believe Earth has entered a sixth mass extinction. This ...

Earth responded to its most severe past warming event by evolving a new and bizarre type of photosynthesis that allowed a ...

New research suggests dinosaurs originated between 250 and 240 million years ago, a full 10 million years before the oldest ...