A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.
The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...
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New Scientist on MSNFossils reveal what the fur of early mammals looked likeA study of the fossilised fur of six mammals from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods has found they were all greyish-brown ...
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Live Science on MSNThe 'Great Dying' — the worst mass extinction in our planet’s history — didn’t reach this isolated spot in ChinaThe End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...
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Live Science on MSNDinosaurs: Facts about the reptiles that roamed Earth more than 66 million years agoDinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...
Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...
Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.
Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...
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Discover Magazine on MSNAncient Frogs Survived Earth's Greatest Mass Extinction Event by Not AdaptingLearn why the temnospondyls’ inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene.
A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...
Researchers used modelling and plant fossils to follow the planet's transition to 10 degrees of warming, which eradicated ...
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