A Yale-led study urges scientists to move their focus from species extinction to species rarity in order to recognize, and avoid, a mass extinction in the modern world.
Ecology
Dec 16, 2015
1
177
Periods of high extinction on Earth, rather than evolutionary adaptations, may have been a key driver in the diversification of amniotes (today's dominant land vertebrates, including reptiles, birds, and mammals), according ...
Evolution
Nov 24, 2015
0
33
New research may draw a 'curtain of fire' on dinosaur extinction theory
Earth Sciences
Nov 23, 2015
2
886
A new theory suggests depletion of trace elements in the oceans was a factor in three major mass extinction events in the past 600 million years, according to new research led by Flinders University's Professor John Long.
Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2015
0
48
A British-led project called "Frozen Ark" is preserving the DNA of endangered species before they disappear as the Earth undergoes what scientists are calling the sixth mass extinction.
Ecology
Nov 19, 2015
0
1130
When times are good, it pays to be the big fish in the sea; in the aftermath of disaster, however, smaller is better.
Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2015
2
687
Mass extinction events are sometimes portrayed in illustrations of volcanic eruptions causing widespread destruction. According to Dr. Richard E. Ernst of Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, expert on Large Igneous Provinces ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2015
0
31
Among the many groups of marine reptiles from the Age of Dinosaurs, elasmosaurs are famous for their necks, which can have up to 76 vertebrae and make up more than half the total length of the animal. These "sea dragons" ...
Archaeology
Oct 22, 2015
0
22
Mass extinctions occurring over the past 260 million years were likely caused by comet and asteroid showers, scientists conclude in a new study published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2015
13
1167
(Phys.org)—Australian biologist John Alroy, with Macquarie University has published a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences outlining his study and analysis of two groups of animals; amphibians and reptiles, ...
