Climate Change and Mass Extinctions February 2, 2011 | California Institute of Technology About 450 million years ago, Earth suffered the second-largest mass extinction in its history—the Late... Are We Seeing a Mass Extinction Today? March 9, 2011 | National Science Foundation "With the steep decline in populations of many animal species, scientists have warned that Earth... Perspectives on Extinction November 14, 2011 | BBC.co.uk An article on the BBC website compares two philosophies on how humans should become involved... Extinction Rate of Amphibians November 16, 2011 | The Guardian An article in The Guardian reports that frogs, newts, toads and salamanders are meeting extinction... |