A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

The Permian extinction reminds him of Agatha ... Lystrosaurus, the synapsid that inherited the barren world of the Triassic, stared out empty-eyed. With its competition gone, Lystrosaurus spread ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

Researchers led by Dr. Maura Brunetti at the University of Geneva studied fossilized plant remains, using spores, pollen, and ...

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

In the study, "The ecology and geography of temnospondyl recovery after the Permian—Triassic mass extinction" published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, their findings suggest the amphibians ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...

An ancient mass extinction event left a long-hidden refuge, whose survivors repopulated the Earth much faster than previously ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

If this increase continues at the same rate, we will reach the level of emissions that caused the Permian-Triassic mass extinction in around 2,700 years — a much faster timescale than the ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...