Learn more about the new species uncovered from the Permian Period and what they can tell us about the world during the Great Dying. What was the Permian Period like? What creatures thrived there ...
A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today's South Africa. In less than a ...
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 ...
Seed plants and amniotes adapt to dry climates, helping them thrive on Pangea in the Permian Period. In the Late Carboniferous Period, predatory amphibians and giant arthropods ruled the swamps. But ...
Step back to the Permian period and explore life before the greatest mass extinction. Heritage staffers walk out amid latest strife at conservative institution Returning Russian POWs pay heavy price ...
What was the Permian Period like? What creatures thrived there before the period came to an abrupt end? Thanks to efforts by an international research team, 17 years of fossils collected in Africa may ...