Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...

Surprising new fossil evidence undermines the idea that there was ever a mass extinction on land – and may force us to reframe the current biodiversity crisis ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

The End-Permian mass extinction was caused by a much more extreme disaster than present-day climate change. Back then, the poles’ ice caps completely disappeared, which would translate to a 230 ...

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.

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...

Artistic reconstruction of the terrestrial ecological landscape before the end Permian mass extinction based on fossil palynomorphs, plants , and tetrapods recovered, as well as sedimentological ...

Great Dying debates. During the end-Permian mass extinction––also called the Great Dying–80 percent of marine species were wiped out. While most species on land did not fare much better, the ...

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. CNN values your feedback 1.

Life—in its myriad forms and billions of years on Earth—hasn’t ever experienced as harrowing an event as the end-Permian mass extinction.Fittingly known as The Great Dying, this period saw ...