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

"Welcome to the Black Triangle," said paleobiologist Cindy Looy as our van slowed to a stop in the gentle hills of the northern Czech Republic, a few miles from the German and Polish borders.

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

The Permian-Triassic extinction, also known as the Great Dying, was the most devastating event in Earth’s history. 96% of marine life and 70% of terrestrial vertebrates vanished around 252 ...

When we talk about mass extinction events, the first case that usually comes to mind is when an asteroid struck Earth about 66 million years ago and triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs.

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 mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

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.

The Early Permian dissorophid Cacops displays its fearsome dentition as it preys on the hapless reptile Captorhinus. (Credit: Illustration by Brian Engh (dontmesswithdinosaurs.com)) The dissorophid ...