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Extinction
Extinction is the termination of a species of plants or animals. The death of the last individual of the species is generally regarded as the moment of extinction. More than one in four species on Earth currently faces extinction.
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JUL 03, 2025Earth & The Environment
How did ancient extinction events contribute to global climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature C ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 07, 2024Earth & The Environment
Is there a historic connection between climate change and animal extinction? This is what a study published today in Sci ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScFEB 11, 2024Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 16, 2023Earth & The Environment
On October 9, 2022, a seven minute flash of gamma rays from a massive cosmic explosion burst into the night sky, d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 08, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
When people are exposed to dangerous, frightening, or shocking events, feeling afraid is normal. After trauma occurs, pe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 07, 2023Technology
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the use of Softbotics to mimic ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 18, 2023Technology
A team of researchers at Dartmouth College have leveraged AI insights to better understand the main driver behind the ex ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 22, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
When a scientists is working with RNA in the lab, they have to take a lot of precautions because RNA degrades so easily. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 13, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
What’s the story behind DNA melting temperature analysis? UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy can be used to assess ...Sponsored By: Thermo Fisher ScientificAUG 30, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
At least 50 different animals including dogs, cats, raccoons, and white-tailed deer can be infected with the virus that ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2023Earth & The Environment
Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tend ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandJUL 25, 2023Cannabis Sciences
A recent review of cannabinoid research focused on the implications of trauma and related stressors on the endocannabino ...Written By: Kerry CharronJUL 24, 2023Space & Astronomy
As humanity prepares to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with the upcoming Artemis missi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 15, 2023Plants & Animals
Today is a special day for a special species of ancient Earth, Megalodons, also known as Otodus megalodon, as June 15 is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 04, 2023Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Biology Letters examines how the evolution of bivalves—which are a class of invertebra ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAY 27, 2023Earth & The Environment
Defaunation is the loss or decline of animal species around the world, a phenomenon which is accelerating in recent year ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandMAY 05, 2023Earth & The Environment
The mesopelagic zone of the ocean, also called “the twilight zone,” refers to the ocean at an approximate de ...Written By: Amelia RhodelandAPR 29, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2023Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers led by Equinor US examine how the Bakken Shale Formation lo ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScMAR 10, 2023Plants & Animals
Fossils provide important clues into a world long before humans. They allow us to see not only the kinds of organisms th ...Written By: Ryan VingumFEB 23, 2023Plants & Animals
Researchers find evidence that Neandertals hunted and butchered prehistoric elephants, which could feed communities for ...Written By: Brittany Kenyon-FlattFEB 23, 2023Earth & The Environment
Along the coast of Dorset, England, is a geologic wonder called the Charmouth Mudstone Formation. Here, you can fin ...Written By: Mandy WoodsFEB 20, 2023Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the planet Earth has been home to around 8.7 million species of ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 03, 2025
Earth & The Environment
How did ancient extinction events contribute to global climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature C
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Is there a historic connection between climate change and animal extinction? This is what a study published today in Sci
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 11, 2024
Earth & The Environment
Earth once hosted many massive creatures called megafauna, and humans drove the extinction of many. That seems to have c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 16, 2023
Earth & The Environment
On October 9, 2022, a seven minute flash of gamma rays from a massive cosmic explosion burst into the night sky, d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 08, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When people are exposed to dangerous, frightening, or shocking events, feeling afraid is normal. After trauma occurs, pe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 07, 2023
Technology
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examines the use of Softbotics to mimic
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 18, 2023
Technology
A team of researchers at Dartmouth College have leveraged AI insights to better understand the main driver behind the ex
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 22, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
When a scientists is working with RNA in the lab, they have to take a lot of precautions because RNA degrades so easily.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Some scientists have suggested that a sixth mass extinction is underway on Earth. A new study has confirmed those findin
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 13, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
What’s the story behind DNA melting temperature analysis? UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy can be used to assess
...
Sponsored By:
Thermo Fisher Scientific
AUG 30, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
At least 50 different animals including dogs, cats, raccoons, and white-tailed deer can be infected with the virus that
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Though now extinct, ammonoids (a group of marine mollusks with shells) evolved for 350 million years, always with a tend
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
JUL 25, 2023
Cannabis Sciences
A recent review of cannabinoid research focused on the implications of trauma and related stressors on the endocannabino
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
JUL 24, 2023
Space & Astronomy
As humanity prepares to send humans back to the Moon for the first time in over 50 years with the upcoming Artemis missi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 15, 2023
Plants & Animals
Today is a special day for a special species of ancient Earth, Megalodons, also known as Otodus megalodon, as June 15 is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 04, 2023
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in Biology Letters examines how the evolution of bivalves—which are a class of invertebra
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 27, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Defaunation is the loss or decline of animal species around the world, a phenomenon which is accelerating in recent year
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
MAY 05, 2023
Earth & The Environment
The mesopelagic zone of the ocean, also called “the twilight zone,” refers to the ocean at an approximate de
...
Written By:
Amelia Rhodeland
APR 29, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2023
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers led by Equinor US examine how the Bakken Shale Formation lo
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAR 10, 2023
Plants & Animals
Fossils provide important clues into a world long before humans. They allow us to see not only the kinds of organisms th
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
FEB 23, 2023
Plants & Animals
Researchers find evidence that Neandertals hunted and butchered prehistoric elephants, which could feed communities for
...
Written By:
Brittany Kenyon-Flatt
FEB 23, 2023
Earth & The Environment
Along the coast of Dorset, England, is a geologic wonder called the Charmouth Mudstone Formation. Here, you can fin
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
FEB 20, 2023
Earth & The Environment
During its approximately 4.5 billion years of existence, the planet Earth has been home to around 8.7 million species of
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc