Extinction
Why the Dinosaurs Could Have Had a Chance of Surviving the Asteroid Strike
A new study suggests it wasn't just the asteroid that killed the dinos, but that other factors weakened their ability to survive it
When the Last of the Great Auks Died, It Was by the Crush of a Fisherman's Boot
Birds once plentiful and abundant, are the subject of a new exhibition at the Natural History Museum
Watch the Unnerving Gait of This 410 Million-Year-Old Arachnid
Working from well-preserved fossils, paleontologists reproduced the trigonotarbids' walk
Europe Has Its Own Bison Species That Came Back From the Brink of Extinction
Bison were just reintroduced into a stretch of Romania where they haven't been found for two centuries
Ancient Birds Avoided Mass Extinction By Shrinking
The shrinkage process was well underway before an asteroid brought doom to the dinosaurs 66 million years ago
Bronze Sculptures of Five Extinct Birds Land in Smithsonian Gardens
Artist Todd McGrain memorializes species long-vanished, due to human impact on their habitats, in his "Lost Bird Project"
How a Single Act of Evolution Nearly Wiped Out All Life on Earth
A single gene transfer event may have caused the Great Dying
Humans Killed the Moa, Genetics Study Suggests
Yet another species humans have the distinct honor of eradicating
How Many Species Can We Find Before They Disappear Forever?
Biologists are in a race to locate and identify new species as habitats become victim to an industrialized world
How Long Does Mass Extinction Take?
By figuring out the timing and rate of the world's most massive extinction 252 million years ago, scientists hope to figure out how such lethal events work
Did Flowers Take Out The Woolly Mammoth?
Some researchers think that the mighty beasts may have been bested by tiny flowers. Or, more precisely, the lack of them
Maybe Dingoes Don’t Deserve Their Bad Rap
Studies show that Australia's "favorite scapegoat" most likely didn't kill the Tasmanian tiger
We've Done So Well by Chesapeake Oysters, We Can Start Eating Them Again
Perhaps this time we can keep ourselves from eating them to oblivion
Doomed Species May Be Saved—A Global Search Locates a Female
With this little fish facing down extinction, a global hunt turned up a few remaining wild individuals
The Top Ten Weirdest Dinosaur Extinction Ideas
Paleontologists, both professional and amateur, have dreamed up some bizarre explanations of how the dinosaurs disappeared from Earth
What Is the Anthropocene and Are We in It?
Efforts to label the human epoch have ignited a scientific debate between geologists and environmentalists
Beyond the Childhood Dinosaur Phase: Why Dinosaurs Should Matter to Everyone
Dinosaurs can help us unlock essential secrets about the history of life on Earth
The Saddest Dinosaur Cartoon Ever
Mountain of Dinosaurs, from 1967, uses extinction as a metaphor for Soviet oppression
The Fall of Domino Dinosaurs
A delicately-balanced domino setup replays the end of the Age of Dinosaurs
Disease and the Demise of the Dinosaurs
Cataracts, slipped discs, epidemics, glandular problems and even a loss of sex drive have all been proposed as the reason non-avian dinosaurs perished
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