Extinction theory
Aftermath of a mass extinction
Cracking the mystery of the corrosive ocean
Estimating. the extinction risk from climate change
Scientists discover a new way to find mass extinction
How to see a mass extinction if its right in front of you
Solving corrosive ocean mystery reveals future climate
Climate change models may underestimate extinctions
Previously unknown global ecological disaster discovered
Mass extinction study provides lessons for the modern world
Researchers pinpoint date and rate of Earth’s most extreme extinction
Warning signs of mass extinction do exist, contrary to previous assumptions
Possible causative agents of prior mass extinctions:
Microbes and mass extinction
What triggers a mass extinction
The cold exterminated all of them
America got 'nuked' in 12,500BC!
Supernovas and the history of life on Earth
Arctic clues to the worst mass extinction of life
The Great Dying: the Permian Mass Extinction
Tiny algae may have prompted a mass extinction
How deadly would a nearby gamma ray burst be?
Is Planet X to blame for Earth's mass extinctions?
Humans caused megafauna extinction in Australia
Megavolcanoes tied to pre-dinosaur mass extinction
Ancient whodunit may be solved: the microbes did it!
Study casts doubt on mammoth-killing cosmic impact
What are the mass extinctions, and what casuse them?
Exploding stars may have killed off prehistoric predators
Six cosmic catastrophes that could wipe out life on Earth
Did ozone loss cause the end Devonian mass extinction?
Acid rain, ozone depletion contributed to ancient extinction
How nickel played a role in the world's worst mass extinction
How nickel played a role in the world's mass extinction event
Russian meteorite sheds light on dinosaur extinction mystery
Volcanoes played pivotal role in ancient ice age, mass extiction
Ancient supernovae buffeted Earth's biology with radiation dose
How nearby stellar explosions could have killed off large animals
What killed off Madagascar's megafauna a thousand years ago?
One of the greatest mass extinctions caused by volcanic eruptions
Does dark matter cause mass extinctions and geologic upheavals?
Erupting volatiles may have caused Earth's deadliest mass extinction
Cosmic impact may have led to demise of early North American peoples
Scientists find widespread ocean anoxia as cause for past mass extinction
Hyperactive magnetic field may have led to one of Earth's major extinctions
Could Siberian volcanism have caused the earth's largest extinction event?
The last time oceans got this acidic this fast, 96% of marine life went extinct
Huge and widespread volcanic eruptions triggered the end-Triassic extinction
Evidence that Earth's first mass extinction was caused by critters, not catastrophe
Nickel isotopes link Siberian Traps aerosol particles to the end-Permian mass extintion
A 27.5-My underlying periodicity detected in extinction episodes of non-marine tetrapods
Researchers learn more about the possible role of gamma ray bursts on life extinction in the universe
Newly discovered fossils strengthen proposition that world's first extnction engineered by early animals
Re-emergence of life after a prior mass extinction:
When life on Earth was nearly extinguished
After obliteration, how long before life returned?
Meteorite that doomed dinosaurs remade forests
Ups and downs of biodiversity after mass extinction
Mass extinctions reset the long-term pace of evolution
Mass extinction paved the way for rise of the dinosaurs
Marine life quickly recovered after global mass extinction
Species reemergence after collapse is possible but different
How did life recover after Earth's worst-ever mass extinction?
Ancient food webs show modern structure after mass extinction
Geologists uncover new clues about largest mass extinction ever
Australia's deadly eruptions the reason for the first mass extinction
Greenland fossils reveal global ecosystem recovery after mass extinction
Study explores ancient ecosystem response to a 'big five' mass extinction
After long-ago mass extinction, global warming hindered species' recovery
Amphibians and dinosaurs were the new large predators after the mass extinction
Speciation collapse and invasive species dynamics during the late Devonian "mass extinction"
Comprehensive analysis of impact spherules supports theory of cosmic impact 12,800 years ago
What happened to dinosaurs' predecessors after Earth's largest extinction 252 million years ago?
Ancient stone carvings confirm how comet struck Earth in 10,950 BC, sparking the rise of civilisations
Nanodiamond-rich layer across three continents consistent with major cosmic impact at 12,000 cal BP
Modern humans did not settle in Asia before the eruption of Sumatra's volcano Mount Toba 74,000 years ago
The K-T Boundary, Dinosaur Extinction:
The big burn
Dinosaurs fell victim to perfect storm
Mapping the demise of the dinosaurs
The dust that might have killed the dinosaurs
A rapid end strikes the dinosaur extinction debate
How the darkness and the cold killed the dinosaurs
Drawing a 'curtain of fire' on dinosaur extinction theory?
Dartmouth researchers say a comet killed the dinosaurs
New evidence supporting theory of extraterrestrial impact
Antarctic fossils reveal creatures weren't safer in the south
What really happened when the 'dino-killer' asteroid struck
Research reveals tsunami followed dinosaur-killing asteroid
Huge global tsunami followed dinosaur-killing asteroid impact
66 million-year-old deathbed linked to dinosaur-killing meteor
Asteroid that killed the dinasours also wiped out the 'Obamadon'
Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact made huge dead zones in oceans
Triggering of the largest Deccan eruptions by the Chicxalub impact
After asteroid hit, a giant cloud of smoke led to to dinosaurs' demise
Dinosaur-killing asteroid triggered a mile-high tsunami across the globe
Asteroid impact, not volcanism, caused the end-Cretaceous dinosaur extection
Study provides new evidence ancient asteroid caused global firestorm on Earth
New, tighter timeline confirms ancient volcanism aligned with dinosaurs' extinction
First evidence for a massive extinction event affecting bees close to the K-T Boundary
'Trickle of food' helped deep sea creatures survive asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs
Other known mass extinctions:
What caused the mass extinction of Earth's first animals?
Fossilized marine plankton tell the tale of the end Permian mass extinction
Mass extinction and Pangea integration during the Paleozoic-Mesozoic transition
Researchers quantify toxic ocean conditions during major extinction 93.9 million years ago
Metal-induced malformations in early Palaezoic plankton are harbingers of mass extinction
Understanding the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event (GOBE): paleogeography/climate/ecology
Will we see a 6th mass extinction?:
The last survivors on Earth
Can we save the human race?
Are we headed for a sixth extinction?
Tropical collapse caused by lethal heat
The Lilliput Effect in colonial organisms
Earth’s massive extinction: the story gets worse
Extinctions during human era worse than thought
Tale of two climate crises gives clues to the present
Do failing satellites fortell an imminent mass extinction?