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

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

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 a taxon by the death of its last member. A taxon may become functionally extinct before the death of its last member if...

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...

P–Tr) extinction event (PTME; also known as the Late Permian extinction event, the Latest Permian extinction event, the End-Permian extinction event,...

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

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

Holocene extinction, or Anthropocene extinction, is the ongoing extinction event caused by humans during the Holocene epoch. These extinctions span numerous...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

Resident Evil: Extinction is a 2007 action horror film directed by Russell Mulcahy and written by Paul W. S. Anderson. A direct sequel to Resident Evil:...

challenge of genetic-editing-based de-extinction, suggesting resources spent on more comprehensive de-extinction projects such as of the woolly mammoth...

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

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

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

nanobiotechnology) as a form of mind uploading (see also: wetware computer). De-extinction, enabling an organism that either resembles or is an extinct species...

In ecology, extinction debt is the future extinction of species due to events in the past. The phrases dead clade walking and survival without recovery...

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

entrepreneur best known for partnering with George Church on the idea for de-extinction and founding a venture capital-backed startup known as Colossal to support...

his lab in Boston. Lamm was intrigued by press reports of Church's de-extinction idea. Colossal was officially launched on September 13, 2021. The launch...

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

Neanderthal extinction Neanderthals became extinct around 40,000 years ago. Hypotheses on the causes of the extinction include violence, transmission of...

genome, states in her 2015 book How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction, that a mammoth will never be cloned, at least not one that is pure...

1365-2907.2002.00097.x. hdl:10261/62905. "The First De-extinction: Alberto Fernandez-Arias at TEDxDeExtinction" TedxTalks, published April 1, 2013. Retrieved...

E-OG Marine extinction intensity during Phanerozoic % Millions of years ago (H) K–Pg Tr–J P–Tr Cap Late D O–S The Eocene–Oligocene extinction event, also...