According to a recently published study in Meteoritics & Planetary Science, researchers dated zircon crystals from the site ...

A study suggests that the Ames impact crater was created around 370 million years ago and not 467 million years ago, as ...

New uranium-lead dating of zircons from Oklahoma’s buried Ames impact structure points to a Late Devonian age near 370 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No species lasts forever — extinction is part of the evolution of life. But at least five times, a biological catastrophe has ...

Earth's climate has undergone dramatic changes throughout its history, but new research suggests those changes may not have ...

A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown ...

Earth has a flair for dramatic resets, though it usually takes millions of years to deliver them. Over its long history, life has been knocked back by volcanic eruptions, climate swings, changing seas ...

The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, scientists warn. The small, plant-eating Lystrosaurus thrived post-extinction, while ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 15, 2024, 02:57pm EDT Sep 15, 2024, 03:21pm EDT The early ...

A RUDN University mathematician and a colleague developed a theoretical model of mass extinction. The model for the first time took into account two important factors—the inverse effect of vegetation ...

Learn more about how the surprising survival of marine ecosystems after the last mass extinction can help us better prepare for the next one. Earth has experienced five documented mass extinctions to ...

Many experts believe we may soon face a mass extinction event, with a high proportion of Earth’s species dying out. Projections indicate the climate will continue to change for centuries to come, and ...