Mass extinction events throughout Earth’s history are characterized as significant disruptions to life on the planet. There ...

Learn how geological clues preserved in ancient oceans link repeated volcanic eruptions to Triassic marine extinctions.

A massive volcanic event may have pushed Earth to the edge, wiping out nearly 90% of life in what remains one of the planet’s darkest chapters. Geological clues point to a chain of environmental ...

Around 74,000 years ago, a volcano called Toba in Sumatra exploded, and some scientists think it had a serious impact on the ...

Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice ...

Two groundbreaking dinosaur track discoveries are changing the outdated image of the Jurassic period ...

A long-debated platinum spike in Greenland ice is best explained by volcanic activity rather than a cosmic impact, reshaping ideas about what triggered the Younger Dryas cooling. An unusual platinum ...

Learn more about the past eruptions at Yellowstone National Park and how each new eruption displaced evidence of the past.

Up to 50 percent of species—which included 12 bird species and 4 frog species—on Aotearoa’s North Island went extinct before ...

Three people lost their lives in the disaster, and major damage was caused to infrastructure and crops in the surrounding islands.

Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass ...

Scientists are monitoring a city of Chicago-sized swath of rising ground at the northern volcanic rim of the Yellowstone ...