A new analysis suggests that recent extinctions have been rare, limited mostly to islands and slowing. But others argue this is all just semantics.

CNN — The sixth mass extinction is not a worry for the future. It's happening now, much faster than previously expected, and it's entirely our fault, according to a study published Monday. Humans have ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

Mass extinction events represent intervals of abrupt, large‐scale loss of biodiversity that have repeatedly reshaped life on Earth. These crises are commonly linked to dramatic environmental ...

Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid strike is believed to have been behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

Mass extinction sounds scary, but it’s basically nature’s biggest reset button. Throughout Earth’s history, there have been ...

The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago may not have been quite so disastrous for plants, new fossils hint. Scientists have identified a refuge in China where it ...

A fire-bellied newt (Cynops ensicauda) photographed on Amami Island (Japan). A recent study suggested that the extinction of this and other genera was part of a mass extinction event that threatens ...

In a twist straight out of Jurassic Park, a fluffy "feathered" dinosaur tail has been found perfectly preserved in a globule ...

Mass extinction : a general view / Ashraf M.T. Elewa -- Late Ordovician mass extinction / Ashraf M.T. Elewa -- The end Ordovician : an ice age in the middle of a greenhouse / Curtis R. Congreve -- ...