New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

We know that climates then were hot, and especially so after the extinction event. How could these water-loving animals have been so successful?" The Early Triassic was a time of repeated volcanic ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

While many dinosaurs and pterosaurs flaunted flamboyant feathers, early mammals were a dull lot ... Read more Largest ever ...

Ancient amphibians survived Earth's biggest extinction by feeding on freshwater prey. Their adaptability helped them thrive.

Less than 5 percent of the animal species in the seas survived ... the terrestrial realm's transition from the Permian to the Triassic period." We ascended through sheep-ranching country toward ...

How could these water-loving animals have been so successful?” The Early Triassic was a time of repeated volcanic activity leading to long phases of global warming, aridification, reductions in ...

Researchers in Brazil have unearthed the fossilized bones of a 237-million-year-old crocodile-like predator, Retymaijychampsa ...

Witton ( The end-Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was the largest, wiping out up to 90% of species. Researchers have focused on the survivors and their fate in the following Triassic ...

Researchers used modelling and plant fossils to follow the planet's transition to 10 degrees of warming, which eradicated ...

"While fossilized spores and pollen of plants from the Early Triassic do not provide strong evidence for a sudden and catastrophic biodiversity loss, both marine and terrestrial animals ...