Learn how egg size may help explain why ammonites didn’t survive the end-Cretaceous extinction 66 million years ago, while ...

This extinction was connected with massive volcanic eruptions caused by the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. The volcanism pumped greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, acidified the oceans, and ...

(CNN) — No species lasts forever — extinction is part of the evolution of life. But at least five times, a biological catastrophe has engulfed the planet, killing off the vast majority of species from ...

The end-Triassic extinction, which happened 201 million years ago, was Earth’s third most severe extinction event since the dawn of animal life. Like today, CO 2 rise and global warming were present, ...

Homo sapiens’ interconnected networks gave them a survival edge over more isolated Neanderthals amid environmental changes.