The Mesozoic Era began with the Earth’s worst-ever extinction event. It is referred to as the Permian-Triassic extinction event because it spanned these geological Periods. You may also see it ...

Since the first sharks emerged in the world’s oceans nearly half a billion years ago, the world has gone through five major ...

You will find this mass extinction event referred to in a few different ways including the end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME) and Triassic-Jurassic (Tr-J) extinction event (TJME).

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, or “The Great Dying,” this cataclysm wiped out over 80% of marine ...

Scientists don't call it the "Great Dying" for nothing. About 252 million years ago, upward of 80% of all marine species vanished during the end-Permian mass extinction—the most extreme event of ...

During the Triassic period nearly 250 million years ago, a small reptile scurried after insects in the canopy of a lush ...

The end-Permian mass extinction, also known as the "Great Dying," took place 251.9 million years ago.

The End Triassic Extinction, which occurred about 201.6 million years ago, stamped out three-quarters of all life on Earth, and has long been thought to be linked to the volcanic eruption of the ...

Over 200 million years ago over three-quarters of all living species on the planet were wiped out in an event that marked the end of the Triassic period. Scientists have long held that the driving ...

For years, scientists have tied the end-Triassic extinction to a series of incredible volcanic eruptions in what’s known as the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP).