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3 days ago · Extinction is the termination of a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to reproduce and recover. Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is difficult, and is usually done retrospectively.
5 days ago · Extinction is the dying out or extermination of a species, which can occur due to environmental or evolutionary factors. Learn about the different types of extinction, the causes of human-induced extinction, and the current mass extinction event from Britannica.
6 days ago · An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction or biotic crisis) is a widespread and rapid decrease in the biodiversity on Earth. Such an event is identified by a sharp fall in the diversity and abundance of multicellular organisms.
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3 days ago · Dinosaur - Extinction Causes, Evidence, & Theory: The mass extinction of dinosaurs 66 million years ago remains a misconception; the fossil record shows that dinosaurs were already in decline during the late Cretaceous.
Jun 27, 2024 · Four thousand years ago, on an island off the coast of what is now Siberia, the world’s last woolly mammoth took its final breath. Living on that island, isolated from other mammoths, could have...
4 days ago · The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the Cretaceous–Tertiary (K–T) extinction, was a sudden mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal species on Earth, approximately 66 million years ago. The event caused the extinction of all non-avian dinosaurs.
3 days ago · Biodiversity loss - Habitat Destruction, Species Extinction, Ecosystems: The weight of biodiversity loss is most pronounced on species whose populations are decreasing. The loss of genes and individuals threatens the long-term survival of a species, as mates become scarce and risks from inbreeding rise when closely related survivors mate.
