New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...

Scientists found that forests did not recover quickly after Earth’s worst extinction. Instead, plant life changed in phases.

Exploding stars known as supernovas may have sparked mass extinctions that wiped out up to 85% of animals on Earth.

The rate of stars going supernova near Earth appears to match two mass extinctions -- 372 million years ago and 445 million ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found.

Researchers used modelling and plant fossils to follow the planet's transition to 10 degrees of warming, which eradicated ...

This image shows the reconstruction of the terrestrial landscape before (B), during (A), and after (C) the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period in ...