Mass extinctions have shaped the course of life on Earth ... For over 500 million years, they have survived all five major extinctions through their ability to withstand extreme conditions, including ...

Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction ... eventually led to the extinction of the non-avian dinosaurs and in total about 75% of species on Earth. The main culprit is most likely ...

The main culprit is ... was calculated through mass balance." The scientists revealed that a total of 67 ± 39 billion tons of sulfur were released, approximately five times less than previously ...

At the Early Triassic mudstone with bottom-water settings in Chibi, the appearance of abundant small pyrite framboids (diameters of 4.74–5.96 μm), an indicator ... and the slope but not the main ...

Global warming is likely to be the greatest cause of species extinctions ... 5°C. At a warming of 2°C virtually all coral reefs will be lost. It’s not only a tragedy for wildlife: around half a ...

Two activists entered Westminster Abbey – Britain’s site for royal weddings, coronations, burials and a major tourist attraction ... the midst of the sixth mass extinction.” ...

The Late Devonian period hosts a series of global biological extinction events of such magnitude as to be counted among the major mass extinctions of the Phanerozoic ... it contains a rock record ...

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

Founder and Executive director of the Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University Paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's questions about the phenomenon of extinction.