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Joseph Shavit

Earth is currently experiencing it's 7th mass extinction

Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year, new UC Riverside research suggests.

Joseph Shavit

What killed dinosaurs and other life on earth? Not what you might think

Determining what killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period has long been the topic of debate.

Joseph Shavit

Global warming spawned the age of reptiles

Harvard researchers find rapid evolution of reptiles was triggered by nearly 60 million years of global warming and climate change.

Joseph Shavit

Chasing the blue whale -- the endangered sea giant

The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever existed, weighting as much as two thousand people together.

Joseph Shavit

The fall of dinosaurs actually took place in the spring, research concludes

The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime according to an international team of researchers.

Joseph Shavit

Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study

For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why

Joseph Shavit

The climate-driven mass extinction we are only finding out about now

Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago

Joseph Shavit

Scientists To Bring Woolly Mammoth Back From Extinction

The Woolly Mammoth went extinct 10,000 years ago, but the bioscientists and geneticists think they can bring it back.

Joshua Shavit

Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid

Study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs

Joseph Shavit

Scientists locate likely origin for the dinosaur-killing asteroid

The asteroid credited with the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely originated from the outer half of the solar system

Joseph Shavit

What a new prehistoric ‘Hobbit’ creature tells us about evolution, mammals and dinosaurs

Research describes the discovery of three new species and hints at rapid evolution immediately after the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

Joseph Shavit

Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind

Today, being birdbrained means forgetting where you left your keys. But 66 million years ago, it meant the difference between life & death