Known as the Great Dying, the mass extinction that ended the Permian geological period was the worst of the five global ...

The biggest one of all, however, was so hugely devastating to life on Earth that it’s been nicknamed the “Great Dying”. If ...

Looy had told me that the Black Triangle was the best place today to see what the world would have looked like after the Permian extinction ... were Earth's first great dynasty of land vertebrates.

Extinction is a natural part of life on Earth. But occasionally, extinction rates have surged far beyond usual levels, driving mass extinction events that have reshaped the trajectory of life. After a ...

Today’s extinction rates are sky-high. But scientists debate if that’s sufficient evidence to conclude that Earth is undergoing a mass extinction event—or whether that’s even a helpful designation.

"The Sixth Great Extinction Is Happening Now." That is a quote from Primatologist and Conservationist Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall was being interviewed by a reporter from the BBC in Vienna, Austria.

Life that survived the so-called Great Dying repopulated the planet ... and sea urchins that survived the Permian extinction and were quickly diversifying. The first corals appeared, though ...

Life on Earth is anything but predictable. For evidence, look no further than the five mass extinctions that have occurred over the past 500 million years: Even in the midst of widespread ...