Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...

Non-bird dinosaurs lived between about 245 and 66 million years ago, in a time known as the Mesozoic Era. This was many millions of years before the first modern humans, Homo sapiens, appeared.

An international team of paleontologists, geoscientists and biologists has found via analysis of melanosome patterns in ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions ... It represents the divide between the Palaeozoic and the Mesozoic Eras. Dr Mike Day is the curator of fossil reptiles at the ...

Rare fossils reveal stunning scene from dinosaur's last days Rare fossils reveal stunning scene from dinosaur's last days Baby Bird from Time of Dinosaurs Found Fossilized in Amber Baby Bird from ...

The early mammals that lived alongside the dinosaurs upwards of 150 million years ago (mya) were likely covered in dark and dusky greyish-brown fur, according to a quantitative reconstruction of ...

Dinosaurs have captured people’s imagination ever since their bones and teeth were first scientifically described in 1822 by ...

In Drumheller, Alta., the badlands take us back in time. Exposed layers of rock show us what Canada was like during the Mesozoic era, a pivotal time in Earth’s history. The last 79 million years ...

What makes the "Longcheng Jehol Scorpion" special is that it is the first Mesozoic period fossil ever found, which enriches the record of scorpion fossils in China and provides scientists with an ...