study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions. Local extinctions mark a change in the ecology of an area...

refers to any occurrence of delayed extinction. Extinction debt may be local or global, but most examples are local as these are easier to observe and...

The Holocene extinction, also referred to as the Anthropocene extinction or the sixth mass extinction, is an ongoing extinction event caused exclusively...

Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Triassic–Jurassic (Tr-J) extinction event...

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) extinction event, also known as the K–T extinction, was the mass extinction of three-quarters of the plant and animal...

De-extinction (also known as resurrection biology, or species revivalism) is the process of generating an organism that either resembles or is an extinct...

known as the P–T extinction event, the Late Permian extinction event, the Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian extinction event, and colloquially...

the end-Ordovician mass extinction or the Ordovician-Silurian extinction, is the first of the "big five" major mass extinction events in Earth's history...

Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S An extinction event (also known as a mass extinction...

Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member...

other distinct types of extinction: Global extinction is defined as "the ubiquitous disappearance of a species". Local extinction is characterized by "the...

The Late Pleistocene to the beginning of the Holocene saw the extinction of the majority of the world's megafauna (typically defined as animal species...

Extinction vortices are a class of models through which conservation biologists, geneticists and ecologists can understand the dynamics of and categorize...

lists of species and organisms that have become extinct. The reasons for extinction range from natural occurrences, such as shifts in the Earth's ecosystem...

Human extinction or omnicide is the hypothetical end of the human species, either by population decline due to extraneous natural causes, such as an asteroid...

The extinction symbol represents the threat of holocene extinction on Earth; a circle represents the planet and a stylised hourglass is a warning that...

Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Late Devonian mass extinction, also known...

The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEMT) is an environmental movement that calls for all people to abstain from reproduction in order to cause the...

In astronomy, extinction is the absorption and scattering of electromagnetic radiation by dust and gas between an emitting astronomical object and the...

Functional extinction is the extinction of a species or other taxon such that: It disappears from the fossil record, or historic reports of its existence...

This is a list of extinction events, both mass and minor:   "Big Five" major extinction events (see graphic) Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic...

wild species for an alphabetical list Extinction Ecological extinction Lists of extinct species Local extinction Nature conservation Species reintroduction...

in the exclusion of a species in the habitat, niche separation, and local extinction. The changes of these species over time can also change communities...

Background extinction rate (BER), also known as the normal extinction rate, refers to the standard rate of extinction in Earth's geological and biological...

soloensis Panthera tigris trinilensis Panthera tigris acutidens Holocene extinction Kitchener, A. C.; Breitenmoser-Würsten, C.; Eizirik, E.; Gentry, A.; Werdelin...

sixth extinction. In the book, Kolbert chronicles previous mass extinction events, and compares them to the accelerated, widespread extinctions during...

two males represent the first living examples of the species since its extinction approximately 10,000 years ago. Khaleesi, a female, was born later, on...

several plausible pathways that could lead to plant and animal species extinction from climate change. Every species has evolved to exist within a certain...

are observational artifacts that appear to occur either because of (local) extinction, later resupplied, or as a sampling artifact. The fossil record is...

amphibian populations, including population decline and localized mass extinctions, have been observed in locations all over the world. This type of biodiversity...