- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 11th, 2014
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
New study shows the Sun's orbit in the galaxy is to blame here
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 13th, 2014
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
Geologists refine estimates on the time it took for most life forms to die
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- February 10th, 2014
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 conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- June 25th, 2012
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
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
The event researchers targeted occurred a very long time ago
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- October 19th, 2011
Comet Elenin Shatters Near Earth
The debris passed near our planet without causing damage
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 5th, 2010
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
The extinction of dinosaurs may have contributed
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- January 25th, 2010
Humans Caused the Extinction of Australia's Giants
And not climate change, as previously thought