Compare this to the natural background rate of one extinction per million species per year, and you can see why scientists refer to it as a crisis unparalleled in human history. The current mass ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species—according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out ...

The sixth mass extinction isn’t a distant threat—it’s happening now. Species are vanishing at an alarming rate due to habitat loss, climate change, and human activity. This video explores the evidence ...

Dust and other debris would rise into the atmosphere on Bennu striking Earth, blocking out the Sun and cooling the planet to ...

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California Human activities are the most prominent cause of species extinction today, but not the only one.

Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass ...

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing ...

Human extinction should be a "hot topic" for our ... the extreme devastation and killing capabilities of weapons of mass destruction. Add to this the threats of nuclear weapons of war used in ...

Colossal Biosciences — the world's first de-extinction company — has raised $435 million in total funding since its 2021 ...

which is considered to be the last major mass extinction event before today. This comparison can offer an inkling of what might await us in the future. The researchers have just published their ...