A new study reveals how ancient plant ecosystems recovered from the End-Permian mass extinction, Earth’s most catastrophic ...

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

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

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

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...

The scientists analyzed layers of soil in the area and determined that it received fairly consistent rainfall during the mass extinction period. The findings challenge one prevailing theory about the ...

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...