Mass extinction sounds scary, but it’s basically nature’s biggest reset button. Throughout Earth’s history, there have been five major events where huge numbers of species disappeared quickly, and ...

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack ...

Scientists debate whether current extinction rates mark a planet-wide crisis or reflect a more nuanced reality, highlighting ...

Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

Humans have wiped out more than 100 species — with many more on the brink or experiencing large declines in population. Some scientists have argued that we have entered a “sixth mass extinction” event ...

What was once the paradigmatic catastrophe, the biblical flood, took forty days and forty nights; today’s exemplar is one big, blinding event: kaboom! Vulcanologists, seismologists, geologists and ...

Ze maken pirouettes, hupsen op en neer. Dan, in één vloeiende beweging, prikken Marlies Klinkenberg (24) en Max Boon (37) een wijsvinger in de lucht. Die zonovergoten zaterdagmiddag eind september, ...