Archeology
5 terrifying Extinction in Earth's history
Back in history, learn about the 5 Great Extinctions on Earth and seek solutions to the 6th Great Extinction.
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Archeology
The world's worst-known creature before dinosaurs
The herbivore possesses a massive body and bizarre shape named by the scientific world
Archeology
Reptiles stand upright after the Fermi extinction
Reptile animals have changed the way of moving from ground-to-ground to perpendicular to the ground right after the end of the Permian extinction event, the largest exti…
Space science
Supernovae can cause extinction 2.5 million years ago
Scientists say that the Earth is experiencing the sixth mass extinction event due to human activity.
Space science
The 9th planet can cause great extinction on Earth
The ninth planet also hidden in the solar system could be the culprit causing terrifying extinctions, leading to the extinction of dinosaurs on Earth.
Biology
The most lonely minnows in the world
The only individual left on Earth since dinosaurs, minnows in Durban Botanical Garden in South Africa have been dubbed the world's most lonely tree.
Biology
Bees once fell into great extinction
Scientists say bees have fallen into extinction at the same time the dinosaurs disappear because many species of plants have died.
Animal world
Top 8 animals are on the verge of extinction
Climate change is affecting most organisms. Scientists fear that the 6th major extinction with 75% of species will disappear forever.
Animal world
Animals have fallen by more than half since 1970, the new great extinction is coming?
Scientists warn that by 2020, the amount of wildlife is only one-third higher than it was in 1970 with the rate of decline being at 2% per year and there is no sign of s…
Animal world
40 years from now Earth will no longer have fish
Experts warn, life on Earth will reach the sixth extinction stage. Its predecessor was the fifth great extinction that led to the complete disappearance of dinosaurs.
Animal world
The sixth great extinction of the Earth has begun
The earth can stand on the brink of the sixth great extinction in history, scientists at the University of California (USA) warn.
Environment
People take themselves to the most massive
Scientists have just warned that the climate change created by humans is making us move faster to the
Environment
Earth faces the greatest danger of extinction
Scientists at the Nanjing Institute of Antiquities Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said the Earth may have entered the era of the sixth major extinc…
Environment
'Great extinction' used to happen on Earth
About 95% of marine animals and 70% of terrestrial animals have disappeared from Earth in a disaster about 250 million years ago, US and Australian scientists said.