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Shrimps and worms ‘were among first to recover after largest mass extinction’
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShrimps and worms were among the first animals to recover after the largest mass extinction, a new...
Scientists Discovered a Surprise 6th Mass Extinction, Which Came Before the Big 5
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 1 year agoFirst Mass Extinction Event Newly Discovered Liyao Xie - Getty Images Researchers have gone back in...
What is a mass extinction, and why do scientists think we’re in the middle of one?
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAt least five times, a catastrophe has killed off the vast majority of Earth’s species. As...
Human-caused fires may have contributed to the extinction of saber-toothed cats, dire wolves, and...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOver 3,000 dire wolf fossils have been found at the La Brea tar pitsJae C. Hong/AP Photo The La Brea...
Growing quickly helped the earliest dinosaurs and other ancient reptiles flourish in the aftermath...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoBy examining fossilized bone tissue, a new study finds rapid growth was an asset for survivors of...
Fossil eggs unearthed in China suggest dinosaurs were already in decline before asteroid impact
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDinosaurs were already in decline before the large asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago...
The 6th Mass Extinction Is Further Along Than We Thought
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoScientists agree that the Earth is currently undergoing the sixth mass extinction in its...
Mass die-off half a billion years ago caused by shifting tectonic plates, ancient rocks reveal
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 months agoA large extinction in the midst of the expansion of life during the Cambrian period was caused by...
'Fairytale science': Rather than reviving an extinct species, stop killing them off
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI recently became interested in de-extinction science when I saw an article in USA TODAY about a big...
'Sea monsters' were real millions of years ago. New fossils tell about their rise and fall
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThalassotitan teeth. Nicholas LongrichSixty six million years ago, sea monsters really existed. They...