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

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 ...

Few people could write so genially, even humorously, about our existential crisis. Henry Gee can, in his excellent new book ...

A new study reveals that a region in China's Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium, or "life oasis," for terrestrial plants ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

At least two mass extinction events in Earth's history were likely caused by the "devastating" effects of nearby supernova ...

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

Can plants uncover the survival secrets of Earth’s darkest days? A research team from (UCC), the University of Connecticut, ...

The team at genetics and biotech firm Colossal Biosciences have imbued rodents with thicker, woolly coats, golden fur and ...

Colossal CEO Ben Lamm reaffirmed that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — and said that humanity ...