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Scientists to drill in to 'dinosaur crater'
Apr 7, 2016A new expedition is aiming to drill in to the crater left by the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.
Did competition for food wipe out Megalodon ?
Apr 1, 2016The largest shark that ever lived may have been driven to extinction by competition from other predators.
Could Planet Nine cause mass extinctions ?
Mar 31, 2016A new theory has suggested that the new planet could be responsible for periodic mass extinction events.
Could alien life have already gone extinct ?
Jan 21, 2016Even 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 Dec 2, 2015Researchers have warned that a deadly type of fungus could devastate banana crops around the world.
Supervolcanoes helped seal dinosaurs' fate
Oct 2, 2015The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs might have also produced intense volcanic activity.
Can mankind survive a 6th mass extinction ?
Aug 13, 2015Scientists 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
Jun 20, 2015With 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
Jun 2, 2015Smalltooth sawfish in Florida appear to have developed a novel new way of escaping their own extinction.
Male northern white rhino under armed guard
Apr 16, 2015The last remaining male northern white rhino has four armed guards protecting him 24 hours a day.
Acid oceans blamed for worst mass extinction
Apr 12, 2015An 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 ?
Feb 23, 2015Scientists have suggested that dark matter might be the main culprit in mass extinction events.
Asteroid firestorm didn't kill the dinosaurs
Jan 24, 2015Scientists 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?
Dec 16, 2014Earth could see three quarters of its animal species go extinct within the next few decades.
Richard Dawkins proposes 'cosmic tombstone'
Oct 24, 2014The evolutionary biologist has suggested sending a record of our civilization out in to space.
Megalodon extinction gave whales a boost
Oct 24, 2014The disappearance of the world's biggest shark may have enabled whales to grow to huge sizes.
Northern white rhinos on brink of extinction
Oct 19, 2014One 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 ?
Jul 28, 2014Scottish scientists believe that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a series of consecutive disasters.
Do magnetic flips cause mass extinctions ?
Jun 12, 2014The periodic reversal of the Earth's magnetic field may play a key role in mass extinction events.
Earth on verge of sixth mass extinction
Jun 3, 2014Scientists have warned that we may soon be facing one of the largest mass extinctions in Earth's history.
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