Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons ...

Cretaceous climate crisis with extreme heat and ocean anoxia led to the extinction of powerful marine predators.

Through science, education, and conservation, the Israel Aquarium is proving that even in a landlocked city like Jerusalem, ...

A duck-billed Hadrosaurus was unearthed in Haddonfield, New Jersey, in 1858. Just 12 miles from this Mantua museum site, the ...

The end of Permian mass extinction occurred 251.9 million years ago, marking the close of a geological period known as ...

For decades, scientists have debated what wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The usual suspects? A massive ...

An asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous Period ended the dinosaurs, but earlier smaller extinctions dramatically set the ...

To mark Endangered Species Day, we're highlighting some of the most profound and visually striking documentaries that delve ...

National Endangered Species Day began in 2006 to raise awareness. The IUCN Red List includes over 41,000 endangered species.

Changing the definition of “harm” in the Endangered Species Act would remove habitat modifications and imperil vulnerable ...

The highest trophic niches in Mesozoic oceans were filled by diverse marine reptiles, including ichthyosaurians, plesiosaurians, and thalattosuchians, dominating food webs during the Jurassic and ...

So many extinction-level events happened in ancient times, it is a wonder anything survived. These the ones that killed the ...