The Permian period was one of the most extreme and unforgiving chapters in Earth’s history. In this video, we dive into the ...

This giant killer is a griffinfly called Meganeuropsis permiana, named after the Permian period, from 299-252 million years ago. It is possibly the largest insect to have ever lived (certainly the ...

By tracking the unique bite marks that insects inflict only upon folded leaves ... For the study, they looked at a group of Permian plants known as gigantopterids, which died out 252 million ...

No birds called, no insects hummed ... best place to see the terrestrial realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country toward the ...

During the late Permian period approximately 250 million years ... And with the plethora of plant growth, insects and other herbivores would have proliferated in an environment where they had ...

This landmass supported a diverse group of ancient plants, reptiles, primitive amphibians and various insects ... Studying fossils from the Permian period provides scientists with valuable ...

As temperatures in Middle Tennessee start to increase, the insect has decided to make ... 260 million to 270 million years to the Late Permian period. The oldest fossils are from 240 million ...

The Permian was a period bursting with life, and much of it would have been familiar to us. There were amphibians, reptiles, fish and insects, while the dinosaurs were yet to walk the Earth.