SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Mass extinction The evolution of tree roots nearly ended life on Earth In the war between plants and animals, plants fired the first shot and it was a doozy. By Cassidy Ward | 1 week ago Living Planet Index says wildlife has declined 69% in 50 years, but what does that mean? It's complicated. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago Dinosaurs may have been on their way out well before the asteroid hit They might have been doomed no matter what. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago Dinosaurs might have been double tapped by not one but two asteroids Sometimes the universe kicks you when you're down. By Cassidy Ward | 3 months ago Feather coats may have helped the dinosaurs survive an apocalypse How to survive when the springtime of your species is over. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago Is this fossilized dinosaur leg a record of the day the asteroid struck? It was the worst, and last, day of their lives. By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago The last spring of the dinosaurs Scientists narrow down what time of year the dinosaurs died. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago Forget the dinosaurs; what caused the first mass extinction ever? Now we know what caused the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction, and it doesn't bode well for us now. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago How teeth saved humanity's primate ancestors from a secret sixth mass extinction Take care of your teeth, we might owe them our existence. By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago Primates' behavioral flexibility helped them survive dino-killing asteroid Primates had a sort of open relationship with trees By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago Load More
The evolution of tree roots nearly ended life on Earth In the war between plants and animals, plants fired the first shot and it was a doozy. By Cassidy Ward | 1 week ago
Living Planet Index says wildlife has declined 69% in 50 years, but what does that mean? It's complicated. By Cassidy Ward | 1 month ago
Dinosaurs may have been on their way out well before the asteroid hit They might have been doomed no matter what. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago
Dinosaurs might have been double tapped by not one but two asteroids Sometimes the universe kicks you when you're down. By Cassidy Ward | 3 months ago
Feather coats may have helped the dinosaurs survive an apocalypse How to survive when the springtime of your species is over. By Cassidy Ward | 4 months ago
Is this fossilized dinosaur leg a record of the day the asteroid struck? It was the worst, and last, day of their lives. By Cassidy Ward | 7 months ago
The last spring of the dinosaurs Scientists narrow down what time of year the dinosaurs died. By Phil Plait | 11 months ago
Forget the dinosaurs; what caused the first mass extinction ever? Now we know what caused the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction, and it doesn't bode well for us now. By Elizabeth Rayne | 1 year ago
How teeth saved humanity's primate ancestors from a secret sixth mass extinction Take care of your teeth, we might owe them our existence. By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago
Primates' behavioral flexibility helped them survive dino-killing asteroid Primates had a sort of open relationship with trees By Cassidy Ward | 1 year ago
