Carbon dating of teeth fragments found in Brazil reveals that some species persisted for thousands of years longer than ...

But the continuing decline of megafauna also characterizes the Holocene, even though there has been less ... While the decline and extinction of megafauna is important in its own right, the downstream ...

A research team led by Prof. An Zhisheng and Prof. Zhou Weijian from the Institute of Earth Environment of the Chinese ...

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Global warming is producing a rapid loss of plant species -- according to estimates, roughly 600 plant species have died out since 1750 -- twice the number of animal species lost. But which species ...

Pesticides are significantly harming wildlife across the planet, stunting growth, damaging reproduction and even causing ...

Fossil evidence from North China suggests that some ecosystems may have recovered within just two million years of the ...

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