Mass extinctions have shaped the course of life on Earth ... emphasizing the importance of preserving biodiversity in various ecological niches. These enduring creatures link us to a past long before ...

Our planet now faces a global extinction crisis never witnessed by humankind. Scientists predict that more than 1 million species are on track for extinction in the coming decades. But there’s still ...

Land conversion is contributing to what scientists call Earth’s sixth mass extinction ... amount of habitat a species may have lost in the past. That’s something most similar tools don ...

Jan. 27, 2025 — The world's botanic gardens must pull together to protect global plant biodiversity in the face of the extinction crisis, amid restrictions on wild-collecting, say ...

Mass extinctions are very important to how life evolved on Earth. For example, when an asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, the resulting dinosaur extinction led mammals to... Researchers ...

Reduced contribution of sulfur to the mass extinction associated with the Chicxulub impact event. Nature Communications , 2025 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-55145-6 Cite This Page : ...

Moritz Pond, at the Blue Hills Reservation, in Quincy, Mass., Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2004. (AP Photo/Steven Senne ... (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File) Fish swim past mud that was released by the collapse ...

Over the past several decades ... that the Earth is now considered to be in a period known as the sixth mass extinction. As such threats have become more well known, governments and ...