NZ’s unique fossil record of marine molluscs helps scientists predict extinction risk – before it’s too late

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the “sixth mass extinction” – the first to be caused by human activities. Five earlier mass extinctions, caused by dramatic but ...

Researchers link the mass extinction of once-dominant marine groups to intolerable heat, diminished oxygen in oceans

A new Stanford-led study offers the clearest picture yet of how some ocean life survived our planet's biggest mass extinction ...
Forbes

Java Stingaree Declared Extinct, A Grim Milestone For Marine Biodiversity

The IUCN has declared the first ever marine fish extinct after an assessment led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) experts. In a disheartening discovery, the elusive Java Stingaree (Urolophus ...
Science Daily

Earth’s worst extinction was followed by a shockingly fast ocean comeback

A spectacular fossil trove on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen shows that marine life made a stunning comeback after Earth’s greatest extinction. Tens of thousands of fossils reveal fully aquatic ...
USA Today

We saved elephant seals, sea otters from extinction. Congress puts that at risk. | Opinion

The Marine Mammal Protection Act, enacted in 1972, has prevented the extinction of marine mammal species in U.S. waters. Proposed legislation threatens to weaken the act by restricting scientific data ...
Phys.org

Unique fossil record of marine mollusks helps scientists predict extinction risk—before it's too late

Scientists are increasingly worried we may be witnessing the start of the "sixth mass extinction"—the first to be caused by human activities. Five earlier mass extinctions, caused by dramatic but ...