The Permian period, stretching from around 299 to 252 million years ago, was a time of extraordinary ecological richness, a time when early forests blanketed the Earth and many reptile-like and ...
Why are bur oak trees, also known as Kings of the Great Plains, dying? Harvest Public Media's Jackie Ourada takes us to Nebraska. JACKIE OURADA, BYLINE: At the base of the observation tower in eastern ...
In 2015, a fossil treasure trove, comprising 30,000 teeth and bones, was discovered on the remote Arctic island of Spitsbergen. After years of work, paleontologists have identified these fossils as ...
Over 15 years of fossil excavations in Tanzania and Zambia have revealed a vivid portrait of life before Earth s most devastating mass extinction 252 million years ago. Led by the University of ...
Around 250 million years ago, one of Earth's largest known volcanic events set off The Great Dying: the planet's worst mass extinction event. The eruptions spewed large amounts of greenhouse gases ...