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

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

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

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

Extinction Rebellion (abbreviated as XR) is a UK-founded global environmental movement, with the stated aim of using nonviolent civil disobedience to compel...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Undulose extinction or undulatory extinction is a geological term referring to the type of extinction that occurs in certain minerals when examined in...

the conservation status of major species groups, and measures trends in extinction risk over time. By conducting conservation assessments at regular intervals...

soloensis Panthera tigris trinilensis Panthera tigris acutidens Holocene extinction Nowell, K. & Jackson, P. (1996). "Tiger, Panthera tigris (Linnaeus, 1758)"...

There are several plausible pathways that could lead to an increased extinction risk from climate change. Every plant and animal species has evolved to...