When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

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

The event has been attributed to intense global warming triggered by a period of volcanic activity in Siberia, known as the ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants ...

Groundbreaking research indicates that hibernation-like behavior may be far older than previously thought. Fossils of ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

Early pterosaurs loved temperate and humid habitats – and it might explain why their fossils are hard to find today.