Humans Driving Extinctions on Scale Not Seen Since Dinosaurs, Scientists Say

Humans driving extinctions on scale not seen since dinosaurs, scientists say

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists. Their study, based on a review of decades of research on environmental change, as well as a series of workshops bringing together paleobiologists and ecologists, compares modern species losses with those preserved in the fossil record.

Scientists Reveal a Strange Skull with Antlers Older Than the Dinosaurs

A fossil skull from a long-extinct animal captivated the public when it went on display at the South Australian Museum. Nicknamed the “crowned crocodile”, its debut coincided with the publication of a major biodiversity study in Biological Reviews by scientists at the University of Hawaii, which argued that Earth may be undergoing a human-driven sixth mass extinction. The paper, led by biologist Dr. Robert Cowie, generated widespread discussion …