The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...

The "Big Five" mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic Eon have long attracted significant attention from the geoscience community and the public. Among them, the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction (LOME ...

Instead, he argues that we should aim to prevent human-induced extinction from hitting 0.2 per cent of species – a far cry from the 75 per cent needed to qualify for a mass extinction, and the ...

The end-Permian mass extinction was the deadliest event in Earth’s history. Also called the Great Dying, it is thought to have nearly wiped out all life on Earth 252 million years ago. Yet ...

Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.

Surprising discoveries on the seafloor. Marine bivalves lost around three-quarters of their species during this mass extinction, which marked the end of the Cretaceous Period.My colleagues and I ...

If you’re an animal living through a mass extinction, it’s best to be one that’s found a unique way to make a living. A new analysis of the species that lived or died out in the wake of the asteroid ...

Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity. By Stewart Edie, Smithsonian Institution June 10, 2025 ...

Ancient fossils show how the last mass extinction forever scrambled the ocean’s biodiversity. By Stewart Edie, Smithsonian Institution June 10, 2025 ...