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

Fossils serve as nature’s time capsules ... and weather patterns. For instance, the Permian-Triassic extinction—known as “The Great Dying”—was likely caused by massive volcanic eruptions that released ...

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(2) Taxa disappearing from such an imperfect fossil record may merely represent local or regional extirpation ... We hope to have demonstrated that trying to compare or equate the end-Permian marine ...

FIGURE 3. Stratigraphic distribution of patterns of ∑REE, δEu, δCe and Zr/Hf in all coal samples from Yantang Mine, Xuanwei, Yunnan. FIGURE 5. Chondrite-normalized REE patterns of the tonsteins in the ...

Sixty-six million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous Period, an asteroid impact near the Yucat n Peninsula of Mexico triggered the extinction ... on the planet. Fossil evidence suggests ...

Horseshoe crab. Image by jarous via Depositphotos. Horseshoe crabs are living fossils, having existed for over 450 million years. These ancient arthropods have survived multiple mass extinction events ...

Dinosaurs long dominated Earth's land ecosystems with a multitude of forms including plant-eating giants like Argentinosaurus ...

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This era ended with a catastrophic mass extinction event that wiped ... opportunity to study the biodiversity of the Permian period. The fossils reveal a thriving ecosystem with an array of ...

Sharks were never far from our minds as we grew up on the beach in Adelaide. Although attacks were rare, they were real. My ...

The cost of preventing extinction of Australia's priority species. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 7, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 02 / 250203182228.htm ...