An environmental group instrumental in winning an endangered species listing for a struggling lizard species in the Permian ...

Earth. Yet, a region in China provided a haven for plants and animals, revealing unexpected resilience. This discovery, ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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