extinction articles

Could humans survive the meteor that killed the dinosaurs?

The event that irrevocably altered Earth’s history 66 million years ago, wiping out the non-avian dinosaurs, involved an...

What causes mass extinction events?

The planet has experienced several moments in its deep history when the rate of species disappearance spiked dramaticall...

Why do species become extinct?

The termination of a species, marked by the final death of its last individual or the irreversible loss of its ability t...

Can the Chicxulub crater still be seen?

The massive scar left by the Chicxulub impactor $66$ million years ago is not something you can simply drive up to and l...