The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.

"But it may be the best place to see the terrestrial realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country toward the Lootsberg Pass. The rocks ...

After the great mass extinction at the Permian-Triassic boundary 252 million years ago, there was a very rapid diversification of new reptile species on both land and in the water at the beginning ...

The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals lived, including a group of animals called the synapsids, which would later evolve ...

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 ...

By the start of the Triassic, all the Earth's landmasses had ... and sea urchins that survived the Permian extinction and were quickly diversifying. The first corals appeared, though other reef ...