Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

As humans expanded out of Africa and extended our dominion over the remaining continents, large animals began to go extinct ...

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Accurate forecasting has long been an art and a science, but when the stakes are high, it is smart to make it into a tournament. William Culbert Researchers recently systematically surveyed two ...

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 ...