The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

The Permian-Triassic extinction, also known as the Great Dying, was the most devastating event in Earth’s history. 96% of ...

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

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

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the Great Dying ... about 80 to 90 percent of all species on Earth were wiped out and the biosphere of the planet was completely ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

The mass extinction that killed 80% of life on Earth 250 million years ago may not have been quite ... from land ecosystems ...

"That's your Permo-Triassic transition zone ... "Hundreds of cubic miles spread across Siberia—enough to cover the Earth to a depth of about 20 feet (6 meters)." For decades scientists have ...

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.

Researchers used modelling and plant fossils to follow the planet's transition to 10 degrees of warming, which eradicated ...