Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by ...

An ordinary hike through the Italian Alps has unveiled an extraordinary discovery—a 280-million-year-old ecosystem frozen in ...

This mass extinction almost ended life on Earth as we know it. ... About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, something killed some 90 percent of the planet's species.

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

Long before T. rex, the Earth was dominated by super-carnivores stranger and more terrifying than anything dreamed up by Hollywood. The two animals circled each other, both assessing their rival's ...

Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now. An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was linked to a 10°C rise in global temperatures due to massive volcanic CO 2 emissions. This led to climate ...

Unfortunately, they too would see a grisly demise, as a mass extinction event – that may have been the result of climate change – wiped out around 90 percent of life on Earth.

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

Mega El Niños could have intensified the world’s most devastating mass extinction, which ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago, a new study found.

The Triassic Period (252-201 million years ago) began after Earth's worst-ever extinction event devastated life. The Permian-Triassic extinction event, also known as the Great Dying, took place ...