Earth is currently experiencing it's 7th mass extinction
Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year, new UC Riverside research suggests.
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Joseph Shavit
Sep 18, 2022
What killed dinosaurs and other life on earth? Not what you might think
Determining what killed the dinosaurs 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period has long been the topic of debate.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 22, 2022
Global warming spawned the age of reptiles
Harvard researchers find rapid evolution of reptiles was triggered by nearly 60 million years of global warming and climate change.
Joseph Shavit
May 3, 2022
Chasing the blue whale -- the endangered sea giant
The blue whale is the largest animal that has ever existed, weighting as much as two thousand people together.
Joseph Shavit
Feb 25, 2022
The fall of dinosaurs actually took place in the spring, research concludes
The asteroid which killed nearly all of the dinosaurs struck Earth during springtime according to an
international team of researchers.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 23, 2021
Humans did not cause woolly mammoths to go extinct—climate change did: study
For five million years, woolly mammoths roamed the earth until they vanished for good nearly 4,000 years ago - scientists finally proved why
Joseph Shavit
Oct 9, 2021
The climate-driven mass extinction we are only finding out about now
Sixty-three percent. That’s the proportion of mammal species that vanished from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula around 30 million years ago
Joseph Shavit
Sep 27, 2021
Scientists To Bring Woolly Mammoth Back From Extinction
The Woolly Mammoth went extinct 10,000 years ago, but the bioscientists and geneticists think they can bring it back.
Joshua Shavit
Sep 24, 2021
Modern snakes evolved from a few survivors of dino-killing asteroid
Study suggests that all living snakes evolved from a handful of species that survived the giant asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs
Joseph Shavit
Aug 24, 2021
Scientists locate likely origin for the dinosaur-killing asteroid
The asteroid credited with the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago likely originated from the outer half of the solar system
Joseph Shavit
Aug 19, 2021
What a new prehistoric ‘Hobbit’ creature tells us about evolution, mammals and dinosaurs
Research describes the discovery of three new species and hints at rapid evolution immediately after the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.
Joseph Shavit
Aug 2, 2021
Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind
Today, being birdbrained means forgetting where you left your keys. But 66 million years ago, it meant the difference between life & death
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