Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

This image shows the reconstruction of the terrestrial landscape before (B), during (A), and after (C) the mass extinction at the end of the Permian Period in ...

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Scientists have uncovered a hidden prehistoric ecosystem in China that defied Earth's deadliest mass extinction, revealing a ...

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

Celebrate 10 years of Permian Basin Comic Con X in Midland with celebrity guests like Sting and Mick Foley, plus panels, ...

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

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