The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

Mass extinctions, volcanism, and impacts: The geological extinction record : history, data, biases, and testing / Norman MacLeod -- Large igneous provinces and mass extinctions : an update / David P.G ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After an ancient extinction killed about 85% of marine species, survivors in isolated refuges helped jawed vertebrates diversify ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sharks might be the all time bullet-dodging champions. They’ve been around for about 450 million years, longer than trees, longer ...

Accurate forecasting has long been an art and a science, but when the stakes are high, it is smart to make it into a tournament. William Culbert Researchers recently systematically surveyed two ...

In search of possible causes of mass extinctions -- Historical background -- Evidence for catastrophic organic changes in the geological record -- Impact by comets and asteroids -- Sea-level changes - ...

One reason for the decline in extinction rates is the growing momentum of conservation efforts. Multiple species have been ...

(CNN) — Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” ...

One of the persistent claims made across the twentieth century is that humans are causing mass extinction of species, both in rate and numbers, unseen since the end of the age of dinosaurs. I ...