extinction

Humans are probably the only species on Earth that actively fantasizes about its own extinction — and definitely the only one that actively participates in it.

From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026

Much is at stake in keeping it going, even if it all pales in comparison to humanity’s potential extinction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

They’re helped out by credulous writers who’ve alluded to vague, anonymized conversations with people in the Bay Area about the same 10 percent probability of imminent extinction for a while now.

From Slate ● Sep. 15, 2026

The aim is to save animals from extinction by protecting the genetic diversity of species and using technologies such as artificial insemination and in vitro fertilisation to keep healthy animal populations going.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Though it will make survival possible for only a select portion of our population, unless we take extreme measures, we face the eventual extinction of the human race.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner

It leads the world in mammal extinctions, and medals when it comes to the loss of other species classes too.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

Labor took office in 2022, promising no new extinctions under its watch, and it has sought to make nature protection a defining feature of its second term.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

"These extinctions were driven by relatively rapid climate shifts and cataclysmic volcanic eruptions," says co-author Dr. Paul Scofield, Senior Curator of Natural History at Canterbury Museum.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026

Martindale typically studies ancient coral reefs and mass extinctions.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 3, 2026

For those extinct American mammals whose bones are available in greatest abundance and have been dated especially accurately, one can pinpoint the extinctions as having occurred around 11,000 B.C.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond