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 a mass extinction on Earth in 250 million years, wiping out all mammals due to extreme heat and ...

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

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

A bleak new study from the University of Bristol has reported that humans will go extinct on Earth in 250 million years. The report, which uses Computer simulations, suggests our planet will face mass ...

An analysis of North America’s fossil record for the 18 million years before dinosaurs disappeared suggests the prehistoric ...

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

It’s a long-standing debate in paleontology: Were dinosaurs thriving when an asteroid hit Earth one fateful spring ... the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the ...