In a world obsessed with the apocalyptic hellfire of ‘carbon’ and the terror of an imperceptibly warmer climate nowhere near ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

From the icy oceans of the Ordovician period to the asteroid strike that ended the age of dinosaurs, extinction has been a recurring theme in the story of life on Earth.

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

What happened to these creatures during the extinction event and how they rebounded tells an important story, both about the past and the future of biodiversity. Marine bivalves lost around ...

A species of huge, flightless bird that once inhabited New Zealand disappeared around 600 years ago, shortly after human ...