Scientists believe that the Earth is currently in the midst of its sixth major extinction event, but a new study suggests that’s not the case – it may actually be the seventh. Scientists have found ...

The team documented nearly every known Ediacaran animal’s environment, body size, diet, ability to move, and habits. With this project, the researchers sought to disprove the charge that the major ...

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

A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present ...

Researchers studying the soft-bodied Ediacaran biotas of the world generally accept that there are three distinct assemblages. The 575–560-million-year-old (Ma) Avalon Assemblage is best known from ...

EARTH’S first mass extinction did not unfold in the way you think. Scientists believe they’ve busted a popular myth about the event’s cause. A catastrophic meteor strike or the eruption of a ...

Researchers have gone back in time to find an extinction event that predates all other known events of their kind. The extinction event, which occurred during the Ediacaran Period roughly 550 million ...

Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year. New research suggests environmental changes caused the first such event in history, which occurred millions ...

A new study by geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present near the end ...