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

During this period, the average species extinction rate drastically increased to 71.6% per 100 kyr. This study quantitatively demonstrates the dominant role of the rate of climate change in ...

With Anatolepis out of the picture, the team says, the oldest known teeth are those of Eriptychius, which is only known from the Ordovician Period. These do have true dentine – in odontodes on ...

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Rich brachiopod fossils dating back 470 million years to the Ordovician period were discovered in Zigui county, Central China’s Hubei Province. Experts suggest these fossils provide evidence for ...

The rings seem to have existed during the Ordovician Period. (Representational image) Like Saturn, Earth may have also had its ring system circling the planet 466 million years ago.

During the Ordovician Period, a time of significant changes for Earth’s life-forms, plate tectonics and climate, the planet experienced a peak in meteorite strikes.

During the Ordovician Period, a time of significant changes for Earth’s life-forms, plate tectonics and climate, the planet experienced a peak in meteorite strikes.

Scientists studying the geology of the Ordovician Period about 466 million years ago report evidence that Earth's ring system created a telltale pattern of impact craters, and it may also explain ...

Lomankus edgecombei, a new arthropod species from the Ordovician period has recently been discovered thanks to an international project featuring scientists from China, the UK and the US. The new ...

The End-Ordovician Extinction was the first of the so-called ‘Big Five’ mass extinctions in the history of life on Earth - more than 80% of species in the oceans died out. But could you ...

And—according to a study recently published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters —during an era known as the Ordovician period, it may have once had rings. Seriously.