Nearly all the trees died. Looy had told me that the Black Triangle was the best place today to see what the world would have looked like after the Permian extinction. This didn't look like ...

Earth. Yet, a region in China provided a haven for plants and animals, revealing unexpected resilience. This discovery, ...

Learn more about the newly found fossils that show plant resilience during the “Great Dying.” ...

A deep dive into Earth’s distant past shows how life on land struggled to recover long after the worst warming event of all time.

During the end-Permian mass extinction––also called ... “The presence of intact tree trunks and fern stems further confirms that these microfossils represent local vegetation, not ...

A new study reveals that a region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or “Life oasis” for terrestrial plants ...

With more than 80% of ocean species wiped out, the end-Permian event was the worst mass ... about 700,000 years and made life challenging for trees and other large plants. It wasn't until a ...

With more than 80% of ocean species wiped out, the end-Permian event was the worst mass ... about 700,000 years and made life challenging for trees and other large plants. It wasn't until a ...