How survivors spanned the globe after Earth's biggest mass extinction
Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...
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Marine life became strangely uniform after Earth’s worst mass extinction
After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.
Supernovas may have played a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...
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Marty Friedman takes us back to Megadeth’s Countdown to Extinction era to tell the story behind one of the rarest Jackson guitars ever
Enough time has passed since December 1991 that it feels okay that we can revisit that month’s Guitar World cover and declare it one of the greatest of all time. Neal Preston took the photo, and ...
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Supernovas may have had a role in two of Earth’s largest mass extinctions, study suggests
resulting in a chain of events that could cause a mass extinction.During the Devonian geological era, life thrived on land for the first time, but early land plants and animals making the ...
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Massive star explosions may have triggered two mass extinctions in Earth's past: 'It would be terrifying.'
Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in Earth's history, according to new research. The explosive supernova deaths of ...