Browsing: Extinction

Nothing ever comes free.

The asteroid that destroyed much of life on Earth allowed other species to thrive.

Scientists are still working out why some species are more likely to die out than others.

Giraffids are dead. Long live giraffids.

Rest in peace, big guys

Vindicated at last

Species loss rate is 100 times greater than the expected rate

A recently published study suggests that the Earth might have been visited by a giant space rock 13,000 years ago, an event which might have sparked an unusual cold period in the planet’s climate history. The Younger Dryas, also known as the Big Freeze, was a brief period of cold climatic conditions and drought which occurred […]

About 13,000 years ago, a chunk of a comet or asteroid hurtled into the atmosphere at a shallow angle, superheating…

During man’s exploits through out history, a great number of species were driven to extinction, either by excessive hunting, habitat destruction, disease or pest introductions and so on. There are currently around 11,000 animal species listed as endangered, and the list is getting ever thicker each day. During the past few decades, as awareness to […]