Humans driving extinctions on scale not seen since dinosaurs, scientists say

Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, ...
THE WEEK

What would happen to Earth if humans went extinct?

Humans will likely go extinct eventually, leaving behind a planet that has to adjust in their wake. While there is no true consensus as to what a human-free world will look like, there are a number of ...
CBS News

Doomsday Clock is closest its ever been to human extinction, but University of Chicago scientists remain optimistic

It was a small change, but a frightening one. Last month, the "Doomsday Clock" was moved up to 89 seconds, the closest the world has ever been to total annihilation. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, ...
AOL

This is the number of babies each woman needs to have to avoid human extinction—and the U.S. is nowhere close

The global decline in birth rates has been a fraught topic for years, leaving some folks obsessed with ways to drive it up—including Elon Musk, who has fathered at least 14 children, admitted the fear ...
The New York Times

What the Dodo Tells Us, 300 Years After Its Extinction

Dr. Bergland is a professor at Simmons University. Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the ...