Scientists have long agreed this event was triggered by a sudden surge in greenhouse gases which resulted in an intense and ...

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

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally ...

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

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

Triassic Mass Extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," which occurred around 252 million years ago and wiped out nearly ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

Strata: Stories from Deep Time’ explores the origins of the air we breathe and untangles some of our planet’s oldest stories.

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

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...