Additionally, studies have examined the global effects of volcanic activity during the end-Permian extinction, including the distribution of mercury anomalies in sedimentary records. These ...

The earliest-known dinosaur fossils date to roughly 230 million years ago, including Eoraptor and Herrerasaurus from ...

One of the most significant mass extinctions in Earth's history is the Permian–Triassic extinction ... through evolutionary changes. Extinction: The end of an organism or a group of organisms ...

I want to offer you a different lens through which to better understand the climatological and environmental crises that ...

The mystery of dinosaur origins has taken an unexpected turn toward the equator. While paleontologists have long searched ...

By assessing the fossil record and the dinosaur family tree, the researchers’ models suggest that the first dinosaurs evolved ...

Roughly 201 million years ago, drastic changes extinguished many forms of life and led to conditions that allowed the ...

Two underwater sea lilies were eaten and regurgitated around 66 million years ago. They were preserved as fossilized vomit.

Iconic Doomsday Clock moves one second closer to midnight as global existential threats rage. Clock factors include nuclear weapons, climate crisis, artificial intelligence, infectious diseases, and ...

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