Mass extinction is a choice. A new study shows how we can dramatically reverse it To prevent mass extinction, we need to protect 30% of Earth by 2030. Recent research indicates where to start ...

A recent study co-authored by a University of Minnesota researcher identified a way to save thousands of species from extinction, but researchers are struggling to convince people to protect the ...

At current rates of extinction, the study found, Earth will enter its sixth mass extinction within the next 300 to 2,000 years.

Mass extinction events are infamous, entirely destroying many species in one fell swoop. But this particular extinction event might not have happened at all.

This new study showed that since the year 1500, extinctions have multiplied by 28. New study reveals startling impact of human development: 'We are facing the sixth mass extinction' first appeared ...

In this new study, the team reconstructed the dietary ecology of crocodylomorphs to identify characteristics that helped some groups persist and thrive through two mass extinctions.

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Extinction and how to protect endangered species Extinctions, per the study, are the result of a progressive population decline which eventually reaches a "tipping point" after which time it ...

Earth currently experiencing a sixth mass extinction, according to scientists | 60 Minutes In what year will the human population grow too large for the Earth to sustain? The answer is about 1970 ...

Scientists agree that the Earth is currently undergoing the sixth mass extinction in its 4.6-billion-year history—and it's further along than we thought.

The latest study therefore highlights the importance of targeting protected areas efficiently to protect species most at risk.

Scientists who study the fossil record refer to the "Big Five" mass extinctions that have taken place over the course of 540 million years.