When the facts change”, economist JM Keynes is supposed to have said to a critic, “I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” ...

The narrative of life on Earth is marked by a continual ebb and flow, characterized by the emergence and extinction of ...

In a groundbreaking study, new fossil evidence has shed light on the mysterious 5-million-year heatwave that followed Earth’s ...

After Earth’s greatest extinction, it wasn’t just volcanic fury that kept the planet hot; it was the death of tropical ...

"We’re all going to die eventually. We’ve seriously damaged our home planet. Climate change is out of control. People are ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria’s assault on the Caribbean island of Dominica in 2017, researchers made a heartbreaking ...

Fossil vertebra reveals hidden diversity of ancient reptiles before Earth's largest mass extinction by Gesine Steiner, Natural History Museum, Berlin edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin ...

Gene editing could add genetic diversity that can revitalise species on the brink of extinction.

The history of Earth has been punctuated by five major mass extinction events, each wiping out between 70-95% of all species. As we potentially face a sixth mass extinction driven by human activity ...

While the Earth would go through turmoil in the immediate aftermath of human extinction, "in a thousand years, the world you remember would still be vaguely recognizable," said Basmajian.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving forward with mass layoffs after the Supreme Court lifted a pause on the Trump administration's sweeping efforts to cut the workforce at ...

Fossilized oysters hold key to mass extinction: Study finds event triggered by ocean pH drop by University of Birmingham ...