New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

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

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

The Early Triassic was a time of repeated volcanic ... Professor Mike Benton explained, "Our work shows that the temnospondyls, unexpectedly, were able to cross the tropical dead zone.

The Early Triassic was a time of repeated volcanic ... Professor Mike Benton explained: "Our work shows that the temnospondyls, unexpectedly, were able to cross the tropical dead zone.

Due to the intense global warming of the first five million years of the Triassic, there is evidence that life on land and in the sea moved away from the tropics to avoid the heat. Professor Mike ...

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.