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

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 ...

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 ...

Scientists have finally cracked a long-standing mystery about squid and cuttlefish evolution by analyzing newly sequenced genomes alongside global datasets. The research reveals that these bizarre, ...

A mass extinction event is no longer a distant possibility, it’s already underway. Scientists warn that species are disappearing at rates up to 1,000 times faster than normal, with over a million now ...

The scientific wonderers at What If recreate the most devastating biological collapses in our planet's history to see how life struggled. Trump says he's going to Supreme Court Dietitians say you ...

Researchers identified an early mammal ancestor whose eggs may have helped it survive the Great Dying 250 million years ago.

The European bison is making a comeback across the continent, bringing with it a wealth of wildlife benefits. Once widespread, Europe’s largest wild land mammal was driven to the brink of extinction ...

For the second year in a row, US President Donald Trump has proposed significant cuts to the budgets of the most prominent US science agencies. The administration’s plan for federal spending next year ...