A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

Learn about the climate changes that followed the end-Permian extinction, allowing select species to take over the planet's ...

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

About 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period, something killed some 90 percent of the planet's species. Less than 5 percent of the animal species in the seas survived. On land ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

An environmental group instrumental in winning an endangered species listing for a struggling lizard species in the Permian ...

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