Discover how crocodiles survived two mass extinctions thanks to their flexible diets and habitats, according to research.

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact ...

Scientists have predicted that Earth will undergo a mass extinction in 250 million years, with extreme heat and rising CO2 ...

As human beings have grown wealthier, they have come to care about environmental stewardship and gained the resources to act on their newfound compassion for wildlife.

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

It would mark the first mass extinction since the dinosaurs. Scientists have revealed the exact date for which the ...

Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Utah researchers think they now know how existing crocodiles and alligators were able to survive the last two extinctions.

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

During Earth Month, we pause to reflect on the bountiful generosity of the Earth and the multitude of ways it sustains and ...

In fact, it was this mass extinction that allowed them to become the dominant plant type on the Earth today. The ancestors of what we now call orchids, magnolia, and mint all survived the end ...