A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Animals Dinosaurs were the most numerous animals during the Cretaceous period. Among them, certain groups became more dominant than the others. Sauropods filled the southern parts of the planet.

It is during the early part of the Triassic that the conifers took off. With flowering plants and grasses yet to evolve, conifers formed vast forests with individual trees reaching up to 30 metres ...