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

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 ...

A research team from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart presents a comprehensive overview of Triassic terrestrial tetrapods and their environments in the Central European Basin.

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted ...

The mass extinction that ended the Permian geological epoch, 252 million years ago, wiped out most animals living on Earth. Huge volcanoes erupted, releasing 100,000 billion metric tons of carbon ...

Since the early ... the Triassic. There were already predecessors of modern mammals, and predatory crocodile relatives encountered giant amphibians. Research into the environment and animal ...

In general, the results presented in this study on changes in the vegetation distribution over time suggest a transition from the cold attractor in the Lopingian to the hot attractor in the latest ...

To get early access to member-exclusive stories every ... The monkeys offer a tantalizing opportunity for scientists hoping to observe animal behavior as close to the wild as they can get, while ...

How could these water-loving animals have been so successful ... Temnospondyls thrived briefly in the Early Triassic due to their adaptability to harsh conditions (low food needs, varied ...

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 ...

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 ...