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Are we in a sixth mass extinction?

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Around 66 million years ago, a…

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The remote locale that shielded plants during Earth’s biggest mass extinction

During a cataclysmic mass extinction event, there are typically not many places to hide. However, a region of the mountainous…

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Nearly half of popular tropical plant group related to birds-of-paradise and bananas are threatened with extinction

A new analysis from researchers at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History reveals that nearly half of the genus…

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Why Uganda’s iconic crested crane faces extinction

With its distinctive golden crown, red throat pouch and slender black legs, the crested crane is beloved in Uganda –…

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Saber teeth in predators evolved many times. Did it lead to their extinction? : NPR

Ice Age skull on stand in research lab at the Page Musuem at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los…

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Asteroid impact sulfur release less lethal in dinosaur extinction

Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was caused…

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