Science news articles about 'sixth mass extinction'

... the question of whether Earth is experiencing its sixth mass extinction and suggest that amphibians, as a case study for ... little time to stave off a potential mass extinction," write co-authors Vance T ...

The Earth is in the midst of the sixth mass extinction of both plants and animals, with nearly 50 percent of all species disappearing, scientists say. Because of the current crisis, biologists at UC ...

... planet's history, until now. The sixth mass extinction event, which Wake and others argue is happening ... Scientists have documented over the last five years mass die-offs and population collapses due ...

... is killing the frogs and toads and aid in their conservation. "We are currently in the midst of a sixth mass extinction event," said Peter Hudson, the Willaman professor of biology at Penn State and ...