After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

"Welcome to the Black Triangle," said paleobiologist Cindy Looy as our van slowed to a stop in the gentle hills of the northern Czech Republic, a few miles from the German and Polish borders.

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

The findings, published in Science Advances, offer insight into life's recovery not only in bygone ... and ocean ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

Ocean warming threatens marine life and ecosystems, endangering corals, turtles, penguins, clownfish, and whales. Urgent ...

Learn more about the time period that took place 488 to 443 million years ago. 3 min read During the Ordovician period, part of the Paleozoic era, a rich variety of marine life flourished in the ...

Researchers have found at least 866 new marine species as part of a global mission to protect and accelerate the discovery of sea life called Ocean Census. The programme, launched in ...