In the spirit of “everything is connected,” a new study found that the extinction of the dinosaurs paved the way for the emergence of fruit, which nourished our primate ancestors. Tapping into this ...

A new simulation predicts that, Earth will become uninhabitable due to extreme heat, volcanic activity, and a superheated ...

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 ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Human activity—causing land use change, global warming, and pollution—are driving heightened extinction rates and population declines across many taxa. Some scientists argue we’re currently facing a ...

Are humans the only species to drive another to extinction? Tom Ruppel | Dixon, California ...

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

Scientists have found evidence that a sudden event in ancient forests gave rise to humankind’s early ancestors. The indirect ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Global warming is producing a rapid loss of ...