For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Earth's earliest life forms developed ways to survive the harmful effects of arsenic to cope with dramatic changes in their ...

Pokémon has some wild lore, and although Mewtwo considers itself a perfect life form, it's been supplanted by the creators of ...

Earth's history is marked by devastating mass extinctions, each one reshaping life as we know it. Now, experts warn that ...

More information: Zhutong Zhang et al, Tempo of the Late Ordovician mass extinction controlled by the rate of climate change, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adv6788 ...

Their history is marked by struggle and resilience. The Ordovician-Silurian extinction wiped out many early corals. Later, in the Devonian period, new coral forms emerged. Stony corals, which are ...

A new study suggests that nearby supernova explosions may have triggered two major mass extinction events in Earth’s history, the Ordovician and late Devonian, by stripping away the ozone layer and ...

A nearby supernova's blast of various forms of radiation could strip away the ozone layer. By "near," the experts mean within 65 light-years or so.

The Ordovician extinction killed 60 per cent of marine invertebrates at a time when life was largely confined to the sea, while the late Devonian wiped out around 70 per cent of all species and ...

Life Forms Homes, started by son of Woodlands founder George Mitchell, still popular with resellers By Michael Garcia, Claire Partain, Staff writers Sep 28, 2024 ...