At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...
The new Huayuan biota provides a 'unique window' into the Sinsk mass extinction event.
Tens of thousands of years ago, the first wave of a worldwide tsunami now known as the “Sixth Extinction” swept across the ...
A fire-bellied newt (Cynops ensicauda) photographed on Amami Island (Japan). A recent study suggested that the extinction of this and other genera was part of a mass extinction event that threatens ...
In fact, the last great extinction event in the history of life on Earth could be our fault. Human activities such as habitat destruction, pollution, climate change, and overexploitation of species ...