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Did competition for food wipe out Megalodon ?
4-1-2016 |
7
The largest shark that ever lived may have been driven to extinction by competition from other predators.
Could Planet Nine cause mass extinctions ?
3-31-2016 | 25
A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
Could alien life have already gone extinct ?
1-21-2016 | 66
Even if we do find a habitable planet, could its indigenous life forms have already died out long ago ?
Fungus could drive bananas to extinction
VIDEO 12-2-2015 | 10
Researchers have warned that a deadly type of fungus could devastate banana crops around the world.
Supervolcanoes helped seal dinosaurs' fate
10-2-2015 | 4
The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs might have also produced intense volcanic activity.
Can mankind survive a 6th mass extinction ?
8-13-2015 | 25
Scientists have warned that the human race may be just as likely to disappear as a rare animal species.
Earth's sixth mass extinction may be underway
6-20-2015 | 20
With species disappearing in their thousands our planet may be on the verge of a mass extinction event.
Wild 'virgin-born' sawfish are a world first
6-2-2015 | 8
Smalltooth sawfish in Florida appear to have developed a novel new way of escaping their own extinction.
Male northern white rhino under armed guard
4-16-2015 | 21
The last remaining male northern white rhino has four armed guards protecting him 24 hours a day.
Acid oceans blamed for worst mass extinction
4-12-2015 | 2
An extinction event known as the 'Great Dying' wiped out most of the life on Earth 251 million years ago.
Did dark matter kill the dinosaurs ?
2-23-2015 | 29
Scientists have suggested that dark matter might be the main culprit in mass extinction events.
Asteroid firestorm didn't kill the dinosaurs
1-24-2015 | 15
Scientists believe that a long winter, not an inferno, was most likely to blame for their extinction.
Are we on the verge of a 6th mass extinction?
12-16-2014 | 18
Earth could see three quarters of its animal species go extinct within the next few decades.
Richard Dawkins proposes 'cosmic tombstone'
10-24-2014 | 32
The evolutionary biologist has suggested sending a record of our civilization out in to space.
Megalodon extinction gave whales a boost
10-24-2014 | 25
The disappearance of the world's biggest shark may have enabled whales to grow to huge sizes.
Northern white rhinos on brink of extinction
10-19-2014 | 33
One of the last remaining northern white rhinos has died leaving only six left alive in the whole world.
Did 'bad luck' wipe out the dinosaurs ?
7-28-2014 | 24
Scottish scientists believe that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a series of consecutive disasters.
Do magnetic flips cause mass extinctions ?
6-12-2014 | 55
The periodic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may play a key role in mass extinction events.
Earth on verge of sixth mass extinction
6-3-2014 | 105
Scientists have warned that we may soon be facing one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's history.
Dogs helped drive mammoths to extinction
6-2-2014 | 15
Early humans may have relied on domesticated dogs to help them hunt down and kill woolly mammoths.
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