Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

Fossil evidence from North China indicates that certain ecosystems may have rebounded within just two million years after the end-Permian mass extinction, significantly earlier than previously ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that ...

The ancient reptile is the sister species of Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, another remarkable marine reptile from the Middle Triassic of China. “The Middle Triassic of southern China has yielded ...

Witton ( The end-Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was the largest, wiping out up to 90% of species.

Tropical riparian ecosystems—those found along rivers and wetlands—recovered much faster than expected following the end-Permian mass extinction around 252 million years ago, according to new research ...

Scientists found that forests did not recover quickly after Earth’s worst extinction. Instead, plant life changed in phases.

Scientists have just identified a Triassic behemoth that could be the largest marine reptile to ever inhabit planet Earth — ...