This wasn't the first mass extinction in our planet's history ... also known as the K-T extinction) left an indelible mark on Earth's biodiversity and evolution. It truly is one of science's ...

New evidence suggests that one of the reasons crocodilians survived two mass extinction events was their versatile diet.

This helped their system pinpoint the scenarios that best matched the fossil and rock records left behind after the mass extinction. The extinction itself—known as the K–Pg event—shattered ...

it’s us. The term “sixth mass extinction” isn’t just academic jargon. It’s being used by scientists to describe what they see as an escalating crisis in biodiversity loss. Species are ...

“They are shouting from the rooftop that Trump is single-handedly detonating a mass extinction event for small businesses in America,” Murray told reporters. Joining Murray on the call were Democratic ...

In an East Village gallery, K Allado-McDowell has created an audiovisual tribute to species we have lost as a rehearsal for a proposed physical monument.

and much of the issues that have led to our biodiversity crisis and the sixth mass extinction. Multiple studies have painted a bleak outlook for Earth’s wildlife in the coming decades ...

the authors also wish to shine a light on ‘the danger our ocean is in… we have changed the ocean so profoundly that the next 100 years could either witness a mass extinction of ocean life or a ...

Not from an actual decline in population before the extinction event. Previous research had found climate change could be the cause of the initial decline. “We analyzed the fossil record and found ...

There, reptiles called sebecids, relatives of crocodilians, survived the mass extinction and were top predators on the continent for tens of millions of years after dinosaurs went kaput ...

We can’t study animals if there are no animals left to study. The planet is in the midst of a mass extinction event, precipitated by human actions. In the last 50 years, nearly 75% of wildlife ...