For months I'd been on the trail of the greatest natural disaster in Earth's history. About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, something killed some 90 percent of the planet ...

Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the ... It also paved the way for the rise of reptiles in the Permian period that followed. I lead an international team of scientists ...

Around 370 million years ago, Earth gradually descended into the ... It also paved the way for the rise of reptiles in the Permian period that followed. I lead an international team of scientists ...

Life in the Triassic period had a rough start. In the Permian period before, the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history had just taken place. Despite the widespread devastation ...

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as the time when dinosaurs ... The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals ...

During the Permian Period, rapid global warming led to a mass extinction that wiped out 90% of Earth's species, eerily paralleling today’s climate crisis. Ironically, the melting snow from ...