Forgotten fossils from the Kimberley show how marine amphibians rebounded and spread across the globe after the end-Permian mass extinction.

In a groundbreaking study, new fossil evidence has shed light on the mysterious 5-million-year heatwave that followed Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event—known as the Permian-Triassic Mass ...

Consequences: The Permian-Triassic extinction drastically altered Earth’s ecosystems, paving the way for the rise of dinosaurs in the subsequent Triassic period. Evidence: Fossil records show a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape before the end Permian mass extinction based on fossil ...

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 ...

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 mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

The West Texas desert has a surprising feature: a prehistoric ocean reef. There is a surprising natural wonder in the middle of the vast West Texas desert: a prehistoric ocean reef built from the ...

The end-Permian extinction 252 million years ago wiped out over 80 per cent of marine species, but many ecosystems still had ...