The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

Learn more about the newly found fossils that show plant resilience during the “Great Dying.” ...

Fossils in China suggest some plants survived the End-Permian extinction, indicating land ecosystems fared differently from ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred approximately 252 million years ago, wiped out over 80% of marine species, and its impact on land has long been debated.

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

Scientists have identified a refuge in China where it seems that plants weathered the planet's worst die-off. The end-Permian ...

Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...

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

Scientists have uncovered a hidden prehistoric ecosystem in China that defied Earth's deadliest mass extinction, revealing a ...