Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the ...

Fossil evidence from North China suggests that some ecosystems may have recovered within just two million years of the ...

Other Permian detectives suspect the killer oozed ... Now we are creating a new mass extinction, wiping out countless species. Will life be as resilient this time? I remembered the acid-tolerant ...

The two groups appeared during the Triassic period, following the Permian mass extinction event, which saw some 90 per cent ...

The five peaks show the "Big Five" mass extinction events, when extinction rates sharply exceeded background rates. These occurred at the end of the Ordivician, the Late Devonian, the Permian ...

Fossils from southern China provide evidence for a mass extinction during middle Permian time, 260 million years ago. The close association of this event with an outpouring of lava, initially into ...

This is a well-written important paper on the recovery of fauna and flora following the end-Permian extinction event in several continental sites in northern China. The convincing conclusion, a rapid ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Life in the Triassic period had a rough start. In the Permian period before, the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history had just taken place. Despite the widespread devastation ...