Some 250 million years ago, a Seussian-looking beast with clawed digits, a turtle-like beak and two tusks may have survived Antarctica's chilly winters not by fruitlessly foraging for food, but by ...

Aug. 27 (UPI) --Paleontologists have unearthed fossil evidence of hibernation in Antarctica that suggest animals have been using torpor for at least 250 million years, according to a study published ...

In this study, special attention was paid to the genus Lystrosaurus because of its success in surviving the Permo-Triassic extinction; it dominated ecosystems across the globe for millions of years ...

Hibernation is a familiar feature on Earth today. Many animals -- especially those that live close to or within polar regions -- hibernate to get through the tough winter months when food is scarce, ...

At a time when Earth was going through massive environmental changes and most species were wiped out by Siberian volcanic eruptions, some animals actually managed to survive the chaos. During this ...

The postcranial skeleton of Lystrosaurus georgi from the lowermost Triassic of the Moscow Basin, Russia, is described for the first time. This species retains contact between the premaxillae and ...

Two hundred and fifty-two million years ago, a series of Siberian volcanoes erupted and sent the Earth into the greatest mass extinction of all time. As a result of this mass extinction, known as the ...