However, there was a whole host of animals living it up before ... new life and species can’t emerge, and had it not been for the explosive events that took out the monsters of the Permian ...

Long before the dinosaurs appeared, there were many other animals that thrived and evolved in different eras. These creatures were grouped together and called the Permian monsters collectively.

Long before dinosaurs roamed the Earth, another giant predator claimed the top spot in its environment. Meet Gaiasia, a huge salamander-like creature that stalked the Permian swamps. In case you ...

But what lived before the dinosaurs? Surprisingly, Earth’s creatures were highly diverse during the Carboniferous and Permian ...

Gaiasia lived in the middle of the Permian period, which spanned 298.9 million years to 251.9 million years ago. It thrived as a top predator 40 million years before dinosaurs evolved to roam the ...

Scientists have revealed fossils of a giant salamander-like beast with sharp fangs that ruled waters before the first dinosaurs arrived ... was evolving during the Permian period.

As an extinction crisis wiped out species at the end of the Permian Period, a predatory species emerged that dominated Southern Africa’s domain. By Jeanne Timmons Some 252 million years ago, it ...

The era ended with the Permian extinction, the largest extinction event in known history, which eventually paved the way for dinosaurs to evolve, according to the museum. “Ancient Life” is the ...