After Earth's worst mass extinction, surviving ocean animals spread worldwide. Stanford's model shows why this happened.

Stanford scientists found that dramatic climate changes after the Great Dying enabled a few marine species to spread globally ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species ...

Scientists have identified a refuge in China where it seems that plants weathered the planet's worst die-off. The end-Permian ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian mass extinction, the most severe biological crisis ...

About 252 million years ago, 80 to 90 percent of life on Earth was wiped out. In the Turpan-Hami Basin, life persisted and ...

Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...

Fossils in China suggest some plants survived the End-Permian extinction, indicating land ecosystems fared differently from ...

About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction – the most extreme event of its kind in Earth’s history. What followed was a ...