Scientists debate whether current extinction rates mark a planet-wide crisis or reflect a more nuanced reality, highlighting ...

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack ...

Study warns that humans may be driving Earth toward a sixth mass extinction. The research shows species loss, but the future ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...

CNN — The sixth mass extinction is not a worry for the future. It's happening now, much faster than previously expected, and it's entirely our fault, according to a study published Monday. Humans have ...

The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological periods of the Mesozoic Era. It spans from 145 million to 201 million years ago. This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ...

Mass extinction events represent intervals of abrupt, large‐scale loss of biodiversity that have repeatedly reshaped life on Earth. These crises are commonly linked to dramatic environmental ...