Did ‘volcanic winters’ lead to dinosaur extinction?
Climate change triggered by massive volcanic eruptions, and not a meteorite plummeting to Earth, may have led to dinosaurs’ extinction.
How a favorite dinosaur food survived mass extinction
A few groups of palm-like plants that were a favored food of grazing dinosaurs still exist today. Now researchers have discovered how.
Volcanoes are to blame for mass extinction cycles
Massive volcanic eruptions over the past 260 million years caused lethal climate change that led to mass extinctions, researchers say.
Rate of climate-induced extinction is ‘shocking’
A study of a lizard species in Arizona revealed that nearly 70 years’ worth of climate-related extinction occurred in just seven years.
La Brea Tar Pits reveal clues to mysterious mass extinction
A study of the La Brea Tar Pits that reveals climate’s role in the extinction of large mammals and offers a warning for the future.
La Brea Tar Pits reveal clues to mysterious mass extinction
A study of the La Brea Tar Pits that reveals climate’s role in the extinction of large mammals and offers a warning for the future.
‘Near-perfect’ sabertooth cat skull is first sign they lived in Iowa
The discovery of an “exquisite” sabertooth cat skull offers clues about the iconic Ice Age species before its extinction.
Mauritius ecosystem needs its original animals
Animals, the seeds they disperse, and the plants result are part of a delicate and threatened ecosystem on Mauritius.
Mauritius ecosystem needs its original animals
Animals, the seeds they disperse, and the plants result are part of a delicate and threatened ecosystem on Mauritius.
Earth had complex ecosystems earlier than thought
A new discovery challenges understanding of how quickly life recovered from the greatest mass extinction in Earth’s history.