The thorough study identified 16,825 ... and Colombia. “Protecting these last remaining habitats can prevent imminent extinction, provide important source populations for the future recovery ...

Scientists from New York University have found that mass extinctions ... Science have studied extinction events for years, and their findings have been both groundbreaking and the subject of many ...

The new study adds ... of a potential sixth mass extinction driven by human activity, the discovery of this ancient refuge highlights the importance of identifying and protecting natural havens ...

Mammals have typically been regarded as the best group to use to study mass extinction survival, since we have a generalist diet that allows us to thrive in different habitats. However ...

We're in the midst of the Earth’s sixth mass extinction crisis. Harvard biologist E ... One constant, however, is human population pressure. A study of 114 nations found that human population density ...

Their new study, featured in Science ... that best matched the fossil and rock records left behind after the mass extinction. The extinction itself—known as the K–Pg event—shattered life ...

Birds are rapidly vanishing from North America, with dramatic population losses in places that were once thought safe.

SALT LAKE CITY — Earth has experienced at least five "mass ... extinction." Irmis was part of a research team whose findings were published Wednesday in the journal Palaeontology. The study ...

The study of how they survived so long runs counter to that. The creatures have prevailed for so long because they’ve managed to change where they live and what they eat, even as the world around them ...

The study indicates that the species enjoys robust local support among the general population, but a small group of local poachers has been effective in driving the species to the brink of extinction ...

Crocodiles' ability to eat almost anything helped their ancestors survive two mass extinctions ... “If people study mammals and reptiles and find the same patterns with respect to extinction ...