New research finds extinction rates have been declining for a century, challenging assumptions of an ongoing mass extinction.

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 ...

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Throughout its 4.5 billion-year history, Earth has endured numerous mass extinctions, each of ...

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 a ...