Mass Extinction News

A study published in the journal Nature Communications showed that the key expansion of dinosaurs was also triggered by the mass extinction called the Carnian Pluvial Episode

Earth's sixth mass extinction may become a reality by year 2100 due to increasing carbon pressure on oceans, says MIT's Daniel H. Rothman in a new study

The sixth mass extinction of species is underway and there is little time left for effective action, said a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Scientists say the sixth mass extinction in Earth's history is already underway and is more severe than previously thought

The study says frogs survived the mass extinction some 66 million years ago, which erased three-quarters of life on Earth including dinosaurs

Volcanic activity could have led to a mass extinction event about 200 million years ago, which triggered the rise of dinosaurs, says an Oxford study

Scientists say the fossils of 30 species unearthed in Idaho's Bear Lake County near Paris showed a quick, dynamic rebound in a marine ecosystem, illustrating the remarkable resiliency of life

Scientists say the meat-eating dinosaur from Wales helped pave the way for some of the most fearsome predators ever to stalk the Earth

An asteroid strike followed by vast volcanic eruptions in Deccan Traps killed the dinosaurs and many other creatures 66 million years ago

A new study suggests the appearance of complex animals capable of altering their environments resulted in the Ediacaran's disappearance