Mass Extinction

Discoveries Dinosaurs thrived until the end: New Mexico fossils rewrite extinction story

New Mexico fossils show dinosaurs were thriving until moments before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago.

Green Impact Climate change nearly wiped out early humans 900,000 years ago

Discoveries New fossil discoveries reveal life before Earth’s greatest extinction

Discoveries New evidence reveals massive earthquake linked to dinosaur extinction

Discoveries Scientists discover what wiped out global ocean life 200 million years ago

Green Impact Earth’s ‘Great Dying’ fueled 5 million years of global warming

Green Impact 500 bird species face extinction within the next 100 years

Space Supernova explosion blamed for two extinction events on Earth

Green Impact Scientists discover a ‘life oasis’ that survived Earth’s deadliest mass extinction

Green Impact 250 million years ago, Earth faced its worst extinction—Are we next?

Green Impact Ancient volcanic eruptions linked to mass extinction and climate change

Green Impact Mega-El Niño caused Earth’s largest ever mass extinction, study finds

Green Impact Severe land-sea events 100 million years ago triggered mass extinctions

Discoveries Scientists discover where the dinosaur-ending asteroid came from

Green Impact Asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs also triggered mass bird evolution

Discoveries How did early primate ancestors survive the asteroid led extinction of the dinosaurs?

Discoveries UV radiation found as an important cause of global mass extinction