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

From antiquity to modern times, the city has been rife with creatures that creep, slither, scurry and nest among its pillars ...

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 ...

Sphenodraco scandentis is a relative of lizards that would have climbed among the trees in ancient Jurassic forests.

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

When it comes to evolution and survival of the fittest, though, there is usually a rhyme and reason to who survives to see ...