The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

Long before the dinosaurs, the Permian period was a brutal time to be alive. In this video, we explore the strange creatures, ...

The event has been attributed to intense global warming triggered by a period of volcanic activity in Siberia, known as the ...

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

The Permian Extinction was one of the most significant events in the history of our planet, one that took place over thousands, or even millions, of years. Our knowledge of what exactly happened is ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

New findings may have solved the debate around why scientists have never found the missing link between dinosaurs and ...