Video surveillance from Welsh conservationists has captured the first fleeting glimpse of a severely endangered shark since ...

Unearthing Africa’s Permian Past For more than 15 years, an international group of paleontologists has been uncovering and ...

To say sharks are ancient is a behemoth of an understatement. They evolved around 450 million years ago, before Saturn’s ...

Phanerozoic marine biodiversity : a fresh look at data, methods, patterns and processes / Martin Aberhan and Wolfgang Kiessling ; Coordinated stasis reconsidered : a perspective at fifteen years / ...

A fossil found in southwest Germany in 1978 has been deemed to represent a new species of marine reptile known as a plesiosaur.

Citation: “The end-Cretaceous mass extinction restructured functional diversity but failed to configure the modern marine biota.” Edie, Collins, and Jablonski, Science Advances, May 21, 2025.

The end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred approximately 252 million years ago, wiped out over 80% of marine species, and its impact on land has long been debated.

The end-Permian mass extinction, which struck around 252 million years ago, was the most devastating biological crisis in Earth's history. Over 80% of marine species disappeared, leaving the ...

Object Details Author Wignall, P. B Contents A time of dying -- Extinction in the shadows -- The killing seas -- Troubled times in the Triassic -- Triassic downfall -- Pangea's final blow -- Pangea's ...

Expedited assessments of impacted species welcomedStrong nature laws are the safety net the ocean, and communities that depend on it need. The ...