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

Scientists predict that the oceans' oxygen levels could drop 3 to 4% by the year 2100. As that happens, oceans will undergo drastic losses of biodiversity, and entire ecosystems could be wiped out.

New research shows that early land plants started influencing Earth’s climate hundreds of millions of years earlier than ...

Scientists say a Chinese fossil site offers the first major look at life after the Sinsk mass extinction.

UC College of Arts and Sciences Professor Thomas Algeo has been studying the planet's five major mass extinctions since the ...

The Huayuan biota fills a gap in the fossil record that has made it difficult to study recovery after the Sinsk event. With ...

Pinpointing when early land plants colonized terrestrial environments and began influencing Earth's systems is a core question in the evolution of the Earth system. A research team led by Prof. Zhao ...

The proposed new program would establish a task force to develop a state-wide protocol for containing and eliminating ...

The model focused on “palaeogeographic context,” meaning the ancient layout of coasts, islands, and seaways. It tested whether coastline orientation and coastline shape predicted extinctions over deep ...

Ryan Gosling set social media abuzz at the Paris premiere of his sci-fi film, Project Hail Mary. For the premiere on Wednesday (March 11), Ryan looked dapper in a pinstripe suit and leather tie ...

Research suggests that consciousness could extend far beyond just humans—every cellular creature in the universe, no matter how big or small, could be conscious, too. Studies show that single-cell ...