Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...

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

Deaths of nearby massive stars may have played a significant role in triggering at least two mass extinction events in ...

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

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused ... to huge changes in the kind of fish that existed in our ancient seas and lakes. Past research has failed to identify ...

A devastating meteorite strike over three billion years ago may have been just what early life needed to thrive. While it’s ...

Wright and his team found the timing of supernovae near Earth aligned with two significant mass extinction ... of fish found in ancient seas and lakes, while the Ordovician event wiped out about ...

More mammals were living on the ground several million years before the mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs, new research has revealed.

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

It’s fun to imagine secret dinosaur survivors living today, hidden in a remote corner of Earth. But the truth of who made it ...

To investigate whether supernovae align with extinction events ... planet-orbiting-an-ancient-dying-star-hotspot-for-advanced ...