Researchers link two ancient mass extinctions to nearby supernova explosions, which may have damaged Earth's atmosphere and ...

Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing over a period of roughly 30 million years, but that would come to a halt ...

Romulus, the first dire wolf to be born in some 13,000 years, is reportedly enjoying puppyhood at Colossal, a genetics startup that used CRISPR gene-editing technology to splice the extinct species' ...

Sure, we all know about the asteroid impact that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs, but did you know that the Earth has seen other, widely-destructive mass-extinction events? And ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans is not as farfetched as it ...

Scientists now believe that such an event could have set off two major extinction periods, the Late Devonian (~372 million years ago) and the Late Ordovician (~445 million years ago). If a massive ...