Extinction

Discoveries New evidence reveals massive earthquake linked to dinosaur extinction

New research shows the asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs also triggered an earthquake lasting weeks to months.

Green Impact What drove North America’s large mammals to extinction after the last ice age

Green Impact 500 bird species face extinction within the next 100 years

Green Impact 250 million years ago, Earth faced its worst extinction—Are we next?

Green Impact Ice age plants reveal clues about climate change and mass extinctions

Discoveries Bananas are in danger of going extinct: New study offers hope

Green Impact Severe land-sea events 100 million years ago triggered mass extinctions

Discoveries Scientists discover where the dinosaur-ending asteroid came from

Green Impact Asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs also triggered mass bird evolution

Discoveries How did early primate ancestors survive the asteroid led extinction of the dinosaurs?

Discoveries These safe havens must be preserved to prevent ‘the sixth great extinction of life on Earth’

Discoveries Extremely rare fish species with hands instead of fins to be saved from extinction

Discoveries The surprising truth behind the extinction of Megalodons

Discoveries Prehistoric bird thought to be extinct returns to the wild

Global Good Earth is currently experiencing it’s 7th mass extinction

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

Discoveries Global warming spawned the age of reptiles