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

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

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

Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet's ...

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

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

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

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

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

About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction – the most extreme event of its kind in Earth’s history. What followed was a ...