The end of the Cretaceous period saw disastrous geological and astronomical events, but researchers say that one in particular is to blame for the mass extinction. Reading time 3 minutes For years, ...

It is estimated that throughout the Earth's 4.5 billion-year existence, over 99% of the species inhabiting it have gone extinct. Many of these species died due to mass extinction events. Life on Earth ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research. The Permian–Triassic ...

couple of Brachiosaurus altithorax and a flock of Pterosaurs in a scenic Late Jurassic landscape© dottedhippo/iStock via Getty Images The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...

We all know the most popular theory about dinosaur extinction, which is a massive asteroid hitting Earth and wiping out nearly everything. However, over the years, scientists, writers, and even ...