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

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

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

It was a highly significant event and is classed as one of the ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon. This was a ...

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.

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

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

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

"There has been a bewildering array of different ecological roles for crocodylomorphs, from terrestrial herbivores and ...

Violent supernovas may have caused two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions that have never been completely explained, according to a theory put forward in new research.During the final stages of ...

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