Discover how the first mass extinction put jawed fishes on the map, species that would later come to dominate animal life on ...

This extinction was connected with massive volcanic eruptions caused by the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. The volcanism pumped greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, acidified the oceans, and ...

(CNN) — No species lasts forever — extinction is part of the evolution of life. But at least five times, a biological catastrophe has engulfed the planet, killing off the vast majority of species from ...

Human beings are steadily heading towards extinction and may “already be a dead species walking”, according to a scientist.