The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth.

President Trump’s decision to block a controversial methane fee program is being hailed as a major win for Permian Basin oil ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

A sinkhole around an old oil well is growing at an alarming rate on the Kelton Ranch in West Texas. Radford Grocery #17 was ...

A team of scientists from University College Cork (UCC), the University of Connecticut, and the Natural History Museum of ...

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

The oil-filled hole around a plugged well on an Upton County ranch is one on a growing list of problems cropping up with old ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

Can plants reveal the secrets of survival during Earth's darkest days? At an outcrop north of Sydney, Australia, the research ...