The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals lived, including a group of animals called the synapsids, which would later evolve ...

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

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

Conditions during the Early Triassic were harsh. Repeated volcanic activity triggered long periods of global warming, aridification, reductions in atmospheric oxygen, acid rain, and widespread ...

3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era ... triggered the extinction of more than 90 percent of Earth's species. But it was also a time of tremendous change and rejuvenation.