Extinction Events

Dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit

Dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit

Dinosaurs were thriving right up to the moment the asteroid hit

The last days of the Neanderthals

History & Culture

The last days of the Neanderthals

The last days of the Neanderthals

The fight to save this sea star just got interesting

The fight to save this sea star just got interesting

The fight to save this sea star just got interesting

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from

We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from

They survived an apocalypse—by sleeping through it

They survived an apocalypse—by sleeping through it

They survived an apocalypse—by sleeping through it

What killed the last woolly mammoths?

What killed the last woolly mammoths?

What killed the last woolly mammoths?

Scientists just dug up a new dinosaur—with tinier arms than a T.Rex

Scientists just dug up a new dinosaur—with tinier arms than a T.Rex

Scientists just dug up a new dinosaur—with tinier arms than a T.Rex

Have scientists just found an 800,000-year-old impact crater?

Have scientists just found an 800,000-year-old impact crater?

Have scientists just found an 800,000-year-old impact crater?

Can this controversial approach save the northern white rhino?

Can this controversial approach save the northern white rhino?

Can this controversial approach save the northern white rhino?

NASA's DART mission had unintended consequences

NASA's DART mission had unintended consequences

NASA's DART mission had unintended consequences

Fossils reveal predator's struggle to survive mass extinction

Fossils reveal predator's struggle to survive mass extinction

Fossils reveal predator's struggle to survive mass extinction

To practice saving Earth, NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft

To practice saving Earth, NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft

To practice saving Earth, NASA hit an asteroid with a spacecraft

'Lost' treasure trove of fossils rediscovered after 70 years

'Lost' treasure trove of fossils rediscovered after 70 years

'Lost' treasure trove of fossils rediscovered after 70 years

Mass extinction in oceans can be avoided by curbing fossil fuels

Mass extinction in oceans can be avoided by curbing fossil fuels

Mass extinction in oceans can be avoided by curbing fossil fuels

New clues reveal the devastation the day the dinosaurs died

New clues reveal the devastation the day the dinosaurs died

New clues reveal the devastation the day the dinosaurs died

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