Learn how ancient plants survived extreme heat after the Permian–Triassic mass extinction and what their strategy could mean ...

Scientists have found evidence of wildfires that occurred 237 million years ago and shaped ancient Triassic ecosystems.

Researchers identified an early mammal ancestor whose eggs may have helped it survive the Great Dying 250 million years ago.

Following the worst mass extinction event on Earth, the land was not entirely barren of life. In the wake of this cataclysm, ...

A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by ...

Since two academics started a program offering undergraduate students a chance to study distinctive fossil specimens, they’ve ...

Learn more about the “folded” fossil of Ptychotherates bucculentus, from one of the first families of carnivorous dinosaurs.

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, or “The Great Dying,” this cataclysm wiped out over 80% of marine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo taken on July 10, 2024 shows part of an Apatosaurus' dinosaur skeleton at the Dampierre-en-Yvelines castle in France ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, University of Bristol academics have found. In ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago. Reading time 3 minutes 252 million years ago, volcanic eruptions in ...