pt. 1. Articles of a general nature. Phanerozoic marine biodiversity : a fresh look at data, methods, patterns and processes / Martin Aberhan and Wolfgang Kiessling ; Coordinated stasis reconsidered : ...

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...

More than 250 million years ago, life on Earth faced its most devastating crisis — a global event so severe that it wiped out nearly three-quarters of life on land and an even larger share in the ...

Life on Earth has been knocked flat more than once, yet the rock record keeps revealing how quickly complex ecosystems can roar back. The latest jaw dropping fossil trove from southern China captures ...

The world’s largest mass extinction was probably caused by poisonous volcanic gas, according to research published today. The research, published in the journal Geology, reveals vital clues about the ...

Geological time-scale -- Antediluvian Sauria -- Murchison names the permian -- Death of catastrophism -- Concept that dared not speak its name -- Impact! -- Diversity, extinction and mass extinction - ...

Altering natural habitats for agriculture is the single biggest driver of extinctions. Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Now, new maps link the ...

The 500-million-year history of life on Earth is a series of booms and busts. But while the busts, or extinctions, can be either sudden or gradual, the booms of diversification of new organisms rarely ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Torricelli Mountain range in northern Papua New Guinea holds a staggering amount of biodiversity in a tiny area. A recent analysis suggests ...

Recent research showed that an artificially constructed self-replicating RNA system modeling primitive life at the origin of life evolved to become more prone to extinction under certain experimental ...