Fossils in China suggest some plants survived the End-Permian extinction, indicating land ecosystems fared differently from ...

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

An environmental group instrumental in winning an endangered species listing for a struggling lizard species in the Permian ...

Scientists have found a rare life "oasis" where plants and animals thrived during Earth's deadliest mass extinction 252 ...

The situation on land is far hazier. Only a handful of places around the world have rock layers containing fossils from land ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here ...

A region in China’s Turpan-Hami Basin served as a refugium - or “life oasis”- for terrestrial plants during the end-Permian ...

Researchers say Turpan-Hami Basin in Xinjiang hosted diverse plant life throughout end-Permian mass extinction 252 million years ago.

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

Audrey Robertson, tapped by Trump in February, is a C-suite and board veteran at oil and gas firms in the western U.S. She ...