A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.
New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...
The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...
Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.
Researchers led by Dr. Maura Brunetti at the University of Geneva studied fossilized plant remains, using spores, pollen, and ...
The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.
An ancient mass extinction event left a long-hidden refuge, whose survivors repopulated the Earth much faster than previously ...
A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...
Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found.
Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...