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Massive Underground Blobs May Tell Us Where the Next Mass Extinction Could Start
By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...
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The Great Extinctions: How Earth’s Catastrophic Events Led to the Loss of Species
Earth's rich biodiversity, ranging from the depths of the oceans to the highest mountain peaks, has not always been as diverse as it is today. Throughout its long history, the planet has seen several ...
12-foot bird has been gone for 600 years — now scientists want to ‘de-extinct’ it
A company that claims to have resurrected the dire wolf has unveiled plans to bring back the moa, a long-extinct bird that ...
Mammals found most at risk as Australia's largest animals face 100,000 years of change
Over the past 100,000 years, Australia and New Guinea's large animal communities have been disrupted by extinctions and ...
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The history of mass extinction events on Earth
It's safe to say that most of us are familiar with the concept of mass extinction. But this is by no means a recent phenomenon. For millions of years, Earth has been through extinction events that ...
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The heatwave that shattered ecosystems, starved whales, and drove fish north
A scorching marine heatwave from 2014 to 2016 devastated the Pacific coast, shaking ecosystems from plankton to whales and triggering mass die-offs, migrations, and fishery collapses. Researchers ...
The West’s Megadrought Might Not Let Up for Decades, Study Suggests
Clues from another dry spell 6,000 years ago are helping scientists understand what’s driving the latest one, and why it’s been so unrelenting.
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Facts of the Matter: Super-eruption leaves mark on planet’s history
About 74,000 years ago, the Earth experienced an event so immense that some scientists believe it nearly wiped out our species. This event is known as the Toba catastrophe, named after Lake Toba on ...