• Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 11th, 2014
K-T Asteroid Impact Turned All Oceans Acidic

K-T Asteroid Impact Turned All Oceans Acidic

This helps explain why so many marine species were annihilated

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 10th, 2014
Dark Matter Responsible for Some of Earth's Extinctions

Dark Matter Responsible for Some of Earth's Extinctions

New study shows the Sun's orbit in the galaxy is to blame here

Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Extinction

Humans May Be Causing the Sixth Extinction

Scientists say we may have similar effects on Earth as asteroids

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 12th, 2014
Largest Extinction Event Occurred Nearly Instantaneously

Largest Extinction Event Occurred Nearly Instantaneously

Geologists refine estimates on the time it took for most life forms to die

Not All Organisms Shrunk Following Mass Extinction

Not All Organisms Shrunk Following Mass Extinction

Researchers previously thought the Lilliput effect was ubiquitous

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 22nd, 2013
The “Great Dying” Started 50 Million Years Before Its Peak

The “Great Dying” Started 50 Million Years Before Its Peak

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 25th, 2012
How Top Predators Influence Species Extinctions

How Top Predators Influence Species Extinctions

Current models do not take species interactions into account

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 6th, 2012
Why Large Animals Went Extinct in the Last 100,000 Years

Why Large Animals Went Extinct in the Last 100,000 Years

A new investigation shows the extinction was caused by a number of factors

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 9th, 2012
Extinction Possibly Caused by Gamma-Ray Burst

Extinction Possibly Caused by Gamma-Ray Burst

The event researchers targeted occurred a very long time ago

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 19th, 2011
Comet Elenin Shatters Near Earth

Comet Elenin Shatters Near Earth

The debris passed near our planet without causing damage

Age of Dinosaurs Ended Abruptly

Age of Dinosaurs Ended Abruptly

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 26th, 2011
Math Model Can Prevent Extinction Events

Math Model Can Prevent Extinction Events

  • History
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 15th, 2011
Dead Species Can Indeed Tell Tales

Dead Species Can Indeed Tell Tales

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 5th, 2010
Earth Is Still a Violent Planet

Earth Is Still a Violent Planet

Even billions of years after it formed

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 28th, 2010
New Theory in Why Ostriches Are Grounded

New Theory in Why Ostriches Are Grounded

The extinction of dinosaurs may have contributed

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 25th, 2010
Humans Caused the Extinction of Australia's Giants

Humans Caused the Extinction of Australia's Giants

And not climate change, as previously thought

 
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