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

Can plants reveal the secrets of survival during Earth's darkest days? At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research ...

Researchers say Turpan-Hami Basin in Xinjiang hosted diverse plant life throughout end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.

Some scientists have now branded the “Great Dying” as a “crisis on land, not an extinction” after new fossil discoveries led ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.

3 - Permian-Triassic (252 million years ago) or the 'Great Dying' which saw 81 per cent of all marine species and 70 per cent of land vertebrate species wiped out. 4 - Triassic-Jurassic (201.3 ...

When Cooper and his wife bought their home in West Odessa in the heart of the Permian Basin ... which leaves out a great deal of oil and gas operations. The EPA study also identified multiple ...