A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth was nearly lifeless, with nearly all life forms wiped out. This event, known as the ...

The trigger for the Permian–Triassic mass extinction event was the eruption of massive amounts of molten rock in modern day ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

The authors explored how applying these 3 measures of intactness reduces the number of sites that might qualify under KBA Criterion C. They found that only between 2% an 3% of Earth’s terrestrial ...

Snakes (Serpentes) live almost everywhere on Earth, except the polar regions, which are too cold for these cold-blooded ...

The rise and fall of MindsEye and Everywhere is a story of over-ambition and projects that get out of hand. All the ...

A global analysis deep in soil found 20% of plants studied have an unexpected deeper set of roots more than 3 feet ...

This episode is from WHRO’s Spotlight Earth series. Watch this video to explore biomes. In this Spotlight Earth episode, you will explore the concept of biomes, focusing on the two found in ...