Specifically, the findings support the hypothesis that supernovae could have triggered two of the so-called "big five" mass ...

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

Some scientists have now branded the “Great Dying” as a “crisis on land, not an extinction” after new fossil discoveries led ...

New research suggests that powerful star explosions, called supernovae, may have caused at least two mass extinctions in ...

Some of the most massive and influential stars in the universe are OB stars. These blue giants, many times more massive than ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

Panelists spoke about recovery efforts, as well as what needs to be done to help recovery for the critically endangered fish.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

DOGE has turned this dangerously flawed view into a philosophy of government. Last week, Elon Musk’s makeshift agency fired ...