Half of plant and animal species could be threatened if global temperatures rise 4 degrees Celsius. A new climate report warns of mass extinctions of animals, including polar bears and penguins. Up to ...

Sixty-five million years ago, clouds of ash choked the skies over Earth. Dinosaurs, along with about half of all the species on Earth, staggered and died. But in the seas, a colorful population of ...

Huge regions with epic volcanic explosions are now blamed for four of Earth's “big 5” mass extinctions The biggest extinctions in our planet's history have been blamed, at various times, on asteroids, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. What do the dinosaurs, the dodo bird and the Tasmanian tiger all have in common? They're all ...

For everything on Earth, there has been a season: A time for continents to meet, a time for them to break apart, a time for warming and a time for cooling, a time for life to thrive and species to ...

EXTINCTIONS, a paleontologist-owned nature store that sells gems, fossils and a wide variety of other items, is opening Wednesday in the Wheatland Shopping Center. The roughly 2,000-square-foot store ...

Since the Cambrian Explosion, ecosystems have suffered repeated mass extinctions, with the 'Big 5' crises being the most prominent. Twenty years ago, a sixth major extinction was recognized in the ...