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

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

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

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

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

An ordinary hike through the Italian Alps has unveiled an extraordinary discovery—a 280-million-year-old ecosystem frozen in ...

Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now. An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild ...

Earth's Worst Mass Extinction Is Actually a Warning. Season 2 Episode 12 ... During the Permian period, this reef extended hundreds of miles from Texas into what's New Mexico today.

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...