During the Permian-Triassic extinction, Inostrancevia, a saber-toothed predator, emerged as a dominant force. Fossils ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago. At that time, the supercontinent Pangea was in the process of breaking up, but all land on ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

Beneath the towering Guadalupe Mountains of Texas lies a dramatic story of transformation. Once part of an ancient sea, the ...

For years, a mysterious fossil specimen defied categorization, until one paleontologist made a surprising discovery.

China discovers terrestrial "Life oasis" from end-Permian mass extinction period Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters Journal Science Advances Funder National Natural Science Foundation of ...

Scientists have predicted that Earth will undergo a mass extinction in 250 million years, with extreme heat and rising CO2 ...

The idea that extreme heat could one day cause a mass extinction and end the dominance of humans ... the Late Devonian wiped ...

However, clams took over the oceans in the aftermath of the end-Permian extinction, along with oysters, snails, and slugs. Earth’s largest mass extinction eliminated a lot of marine species. But it ...