The Ordovician period, which lasted from about 485 to 444 million years ago, is a significant era in Earth's history, marked by a rich diversity of marine life and notable mass extinction events.

Speciation and extinction are fundamental processes that ... Finally, a reevaluation of the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event has led to new insights into ...

Asteroid Impact Sulfur Release Less Lethal in Dinosaur Extinction Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was ...

Scientists have made new discoveries about the origins of dinosaurs, suggesting they first emerged in dry, arid regions of ...

Lucas Atwell CC BY-SA 3.0 Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide asteroid slammed into our planet and began a mass ...

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The sixth extinction, also known as the Anthropocene extinction, refers to the ongoing, unprecedented loss of species. Unlike previous mass extinction events in Earth’s history, which were driven by ...

The resurgence of the illegal totoaba fishery since 2010 has accelerated the species’ race to extinction as organised criminal networks entered the market, seeking to profit from the high value of ...

Other names falling in popularity include Edward, Erin, Kelsey, Cannon and Emery. "To kick off 2025, BabyCenter looked at the names that are sharply declining in popularity and could be headed for ...