The Triassic–Jurassic mass extinction about 200 million years ago triggered widespread upheaval in both the marine and terrestrial realms. This extinction — one of the five largest of the ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

Fossils from Earth’s biggest extinction reveal forest collapse triggered runaway warming - offering a warning for today’s ...

How did ancient extinction events contribute to global climate change? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...

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

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

New Permian species, Yinshanosaurus angustus, found in China.

In the end, over 90 per cent of marine life and 70 per cent of land animals were wiped out in the single worst extinction ...

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