Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...
A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.
When we talk about mass extinction events ... That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the Great Dying. During this dramatic period of climate change about 252 million ...
Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...
If this increase continues at the same rate, we will reach the level of emissions that caused the Permian-Triassic mass extinction in around 2,700 years—a much faster timescale than the Permian ...
New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...
More information: Aamir Mehmood et al. Macroecology of temnospondyl recovery after the Permian-Triassic mass extinction, Royal Society Open Science (2025). DOI: 10.1098/rsos.241200 ...
After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.
Scientists racing the clock to finish excavating top southern Utah dinosaur fossil site before construction on a power ...
“While fossilized spores and pollen of plants from the Early Triassic do not provide strong evidence for a sudden and catastrophic biodiversity loss, both marine and terrestrial animals experienced ...