Investigating a Mass Extinction at the End of the Permian Period

Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 08:50 in Paleontology & Archaeology

An M.I.T. geologist wants to understand how an estimated 96 percent of all species on Earth became extinct at the end of the Permian Period 252 million years ago.

Read the whole article on NY Times Science

More from NY Times Science

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net