Long before the dinosaurs, the Permian period was a brutal time to be alive. In this video, we explore the strange creatures, ...

New Permian species, Yinshanosaurus angustus, found in China.

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

The event has been attributed to intense global warming triggered by a period of volcanic activity in Siberia, known as the ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared.Known as the Permian–Triassic mass extinction – or the Great ...

Some 252 million years ago, almost all life on Earth disappeared.Authors Andrew Merdith DECRA Fellow, School of Earth Sciences, University of ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...