Hundreds of species have gone extinct in recent centuries, but losses are few among larger classification levels, meaning we are not witnessing a mass extinction just yet, according to a study ...
Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Science Advances. Over ...
Prominent research studies have suggested that our planet is currently experiencing another mass extinction, based on extrapolating extinctions from the past 500 years into the future and the idea ...
A fire-bellied newt (Cynops ensicauda) photographed on Amami Island (Japan). A recent study suggested that the extinction of this and other genera was part of a mass extinction event that threatens ...
Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by ...
An estimated 99% of all species ever living on planet Earth are now extinct. Extinction is part of life's history, and the extinction of single species happens all the time. Over time lost species are ...
Animals and plants are dying out at the fastest rate since an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs 65million years ago, scientists warn. A study found that more than 500 land-based vertebrate species are ...
The aerial photograph on the left shows the Transamazonian highway just after completion. The satellite photograph on the right shows a much larger area, revealing the wake of destruction fanning out ...
Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal species extinctions of the last hundred thousand years, according to a new study. Human impact can explain ninety-six percent of all mammal ...