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The narrative of life on Earth is marked by a continual ebb and flow, characterized by the emergence and extinction of countless species over time. Extinction, an inherent aspect of the evolutionary ...
A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using ...
What happened to these creatures during the extinction event and how they rebounded tells an important story, both about the past and the future of biodiversity. Surprising discoveries on the seafloor ...
Oct 10, 2018 - Oct 20, 2018 | 8:00 PM Add to Calendar 10-10-2018 20:00 20-10-2018 20:00 America/Toronto A Brief History of Human Extinction 2178. A creeping fungal plague has rendered the surface ...
Battling cancer, Sue Paine says she wants to go out on her own terms. Her last fling, titled the 'Sue Extinction Event,' involves a number of blow-up dinosaur costumes and a farewell pub crawl.
Around 252 million years ago, life on Earth suffered its most catastrophic blow to date: a mass extinction event known as the “Great Dying” that wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has ...
Not everything dies in a mass extinction. Sea life recovered in different and surprising ways after the asteroid strike 66 million years ago. Ancient fossils recorded it all.