Sixth Mass Extinction

While mammals, birds and insects are seeing a decline in numbers, amphibians are particularly badly affected overall.

The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, and amounts to a "biological annihilation" of the planet's wildlife, scientists have warned.

So for one hour tonight, at 8.30, people are asked to turn off their lights. It's Earth Hour, and in the last ten years, this initiative by the WWF is perhaps the world's largest environment event encompassing 7,000 towns and cities and millions of people. The initiative was started as an awareness campaign on climate change. While that is still th...

We mostly can't see it around us, and too few of us seem to care - but nonetheless, scientists are increasingly convinced that the world is barreling towards what has been called a "sixth mass extinction" event. Simply put, species are going extinct at a rate that far exceeds what you would expect to see naturally, as a result of a major perturbati...

The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first victims.

The danger is lurking near us. Scientists now warn that the persistent loss and decline of our biodiversity is leading the humanity to early days of the planet's sixth mass biological extinction event.

While mammals, birds and insects are seeing a decline in numbers, amphibians are particularly badly affected overall.

The sixth mass extinction of life on Earth is unfolding more quickly than feared, and amounts to a "biological annihilation" of the planet's wildlife, scientists have warned.

So for one hour tonight, at 8.30, people are asked to turn off their lights. It's Earth Hour, and in the last ten years, this initiative by the WWF is perhaps the world's largest environment event encompassing 7,000 towns and cities and millions of people. The initiative was started as an awareness campaign on climate change. While that is still th...

We mostly can't see it around us, and too few of us seem to care - but nonetheless, scientists are increasingly convinced that the world is barreling towards what has been called a "sixth mass extinction" event. Simply put, species are going extinct at a rate that far exceeds what you would expect to see naturally, as a result of a major perturbati...

The world is embarking on its sixth mass extinction with animals disappearing about 100 times faster than they used to, scientists warned Friday, and humans could be among the first victims.

The danger is lurking near us. Scientists now warn that the persistent loss and decline of our biodiversity is leading the humanity to early days of the planet's sixth mass biological extinction event.