After Earth’s greatest extinction, it wasn’t just volcanic fury that kept the planet hot; it was the death of tropical ...

The narrative of life on Earth is marked by a continual ebb and flow, characterized by the emergence and extinction of ...

Experts have put the normal extinction rate for the planet at between 0.1 and 1 species per 10,000 species/100 years. A mass extinction event is quite different.

A mass extinction, 66 million years ago, triggered by a giant impact in the Yucatan basin, wiped out three-quarters of all plant and animal life on Earth, including, famously, the dinosaurs.

And, those like Ceballos who argue a major mass extinction has already begun, point to calculations that indicate we could reach that grim, 75 percent mile marker in just a few centuries.

Instead, he argues that we should aim to prevent human-induced extinction from hitting 0.2 per cent of species – a far cry from the 75 per cent needed to qualify for a mass extinction, and the ...

Experts say the plan is "affordable and achievable." Saving the planet from another mass extinction could be as simple as protecting just 1.2 per cent of Earth's land, according to new research.