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The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...
In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past half-billion years of ...
In 1859, Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was surprised to find the fossil record offered no missing links: the ...
The history of Earth has been punctuated by five major mass extinction events, each wiping out between 70-95% of all species. As we potentially face a sixth mass extinction driven by human activity ...
Why are declining biodiversity and populations concerning? These cultural behaviors in animals offer unique insight into not only the animals but humanity as well, as they provide a blueprint for the ...
Archaeopteryx. Image via Openverse. Xiaotingia zhengi was approximately the size of a chicken, weighing about 0.8 kg (1.8 pounds). What makes it particularly significant are several key anatomical ...
While woolly mammoth resurrection is considered to be Colossal’s landmark de-extinction project, there is currently no set date for when mammoths may return to our present time. However, Colossal has ...
These animals previously opened forests by knocking down trees and clearing vegetation. Their extinction allowed forests to become dense and dark again. With less sunlight reaching the forest floor, ...
Evolution’s Greatest Mistakes: 10 Animals That Shouldn’t Exist, But Do Is Electric Really Greener – The Ultimate Showdown Between EVs and Diesel 13 Underwater Predators That Rule U.S. Oceans ...
Earth is no stranger to extinctions. As scientists have discerned from fossil records, species on Earth have already passed through five mass extinction events in the planet’s lifetime ...
The IUCN has assessed the extinction risk of only about 5% of the world's known species, so there must be many more extinctions that have not been recorded. A 2022 study published in the journal ...