Since the beginning of time, Earth has created life and then wiped out most of it in catastrophic, ultra-destructive moments.

New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

The idea of a creeping mass extinction has served as one of the scary subplots of our ongoing climate drama. For decades, scientists have warned that we may be on the cusp of, or already entering, the ...

Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...

With studies of fossilized bones, gut contents, eggshells and more, paleontologists revealed new and captivating details ...

Hunter Biden is sounding an alarm about the next wave of automation, warning that artificial intelligence and advanced software could wipe out millions of white-collar jobs that once looked safe. He ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Since 2006, guns have been used in an average of 25 mass killings per ...

Shooters often kill people who are, or presumably once were, close to them. 25 percent killed a parent, child or stepchild, and 23 percent killed a current or former romantic partner. Even some large ...

A recent climate study from the University of Wollongong suggests that Homo floresiensis, the small early human species from ...