The fossils found in the Italian Alps offer more than just a window into an ancient world-they provide valuable lessons for today. By studying the Permian period's ecosystems, scientists can ...

The end-Permian mass extinction occurred around ... with only sparse and simple life remaining. The fossils from this period indicate a monospecific community, meaning that only a single type ...

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

There definitely were no muppets during the Permian Period, but there was a Kermit ... Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. The fossil was collected in 1984 near Lake Kemp in Texas ...

After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

The researchers found an abundance of plant fossils dating back to that time ... fairly consistent rainfall during the mass extinction period. The findings challenge one prevailing theory about the ...

Credit: NIGPAS Conifer trunk fossil recovered from the onset of the end-Permian mass extinction in ... the marine extinction rate during the same period. This conclusion was based on the discovery ...

Amos The iconic arthropods of the Cambrian were the trilobites, which left a huge number of fossils ... the mega-extinction that ended the Permian period 251 million years ago.

However, many plants survived, leaving behind fossils which scientists ... The earliest periods, in the Permian, were cold, while the first period of the Triassic—the Induan—had a disturbed ...

Fossils from China’s Turpan-Hami Basin reveal it was a rare land refuge during the end-Permian extinction, with fast ...