Modern mass extinction in Ecuadorian cloud forest turns out to be a mirage
Aerial image of agricultural land for dairy cattle next to a surviving forest patch. Credit: Dawson White One of the ...
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Study of global primate populations reveals predictors of extinction risk
Location of primate presence records worldwide in the four geographic domains assessed: Neotropics (yellow), Continental Africa (blue), Madagascar (brown), and ...
Seal species bear ‘genetic scars’ after being hunted to the brink of extinction, new research reveals
Northern elephant seals. Credit: Bielefeld University, Martin Stoffel Northern elephant seals have made a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping extinction ...
Study shows ancient reef-building stromatoporoids escaped extinction, at least temporarily
Alternating layers of stromatoporoids (black to dark gray) and chaetetes (light gray) in an upwardly convex structure. Credit: Osaka Metropolitan ...
New research reveals how El Niño caused the largest mass extinction in history
A geological cross-section reveals a parched (extremely dry) land surface that was common across the globe 252 million years ago ...
10 Professions That Are Threatened with Extinction Due to Artificial Intelligence | Lifestyle
8/29/2024-|Last update: 8/29/202405:17 PM (Makkah Time)Artificial intelligence appears to be making a real impact on the job market, as automation ...
Will climate change drive newly discovered tarantula species to extinction?
A new species of tarantula, Aphonopelma jacobii, has been discovered in the Chiricahua Mountains of southeastern Arizona. This small, black ...
Analysis of 400 years of scientific literature corrects dodo extinction record
Dr Neil Gostling with the sculpture Dodo by paleoartist Karen Fawcett. Credit: University of Southampton Researchers are trying to challenge ...
Volcanism-induced ozone depletion may have contributed to Permian mass extinction, study finds
Stratigraphy and sulfur isotopes for the Meishan section, China, across the Permian-Triassic boundary. Credit: Li et al. 2024. The concept ...
How black holes went from creating stars to extinction
The transition in rates of star formation and black hole growth as redshift decreases from regimes where positive feedback dominates ...
