Ancient sea organisms survived until a sudden extinction 550 million years ago, revealing what may be the first major mass extinction.

When the Kinks' Ray Davies penned the tune 'Last of the Steam-Powered Trains,' the vanishing locomotives stood as nostalgic symbols of a simpler English life. But for a paleontologist, the replacement ...

Many types of plant, animal, and mammal species globally are at risk of extinction. Over 1 million species are threatened with extinction within the next few decades—an unprecedented rate, according ...

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Whether a species just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability. This has been the assumption of an old debate on whether species’ age plays a ...

Great auks (Pinguinus impennis) were large flightless birds that thrived on rocky islands in the North Atlantic for thousands of years. However, humans hunted them to extinction within just a few ...