Fossils in China suggest some plants survived the End-Permian extinction, indicating land ecosystems fared differently from ...

Learn more about the newly found fossils that show plant resilience during the “Great Dying.” ...

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

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

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

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

Can plants reveal the secrets of survival during Earth's darkest days? At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research ...

A deep dive into Earth’s distant past shows how life on land struggled to recover long after the worst warming event of all ...

Scientists have uncovered how plants responded to catastrophic climate changes 250 million years ago. Their findings reveal the long, drawn-out process of ecosystem recovery following one of the most ...

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

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