The Late Triassic period, particularly the Carnian stage, was marked by significant climate dynamics and geological changes that had profound effects on both terrestrial and marine ecosystems.

Some dinosaurs were getting bigger by the end of the Triassic. Climate changes during the period underwrote a vegetation boom that provided some previously omnivorous dinosaur lineages with enough ...

The new study deciphered the single-most greatest mass extinction on Earth driven by a natural calamity that still exists.

The Triassic-Jurassic transition ... particularly the role of climate change and volcanic activity. The interplay between these factors has been a central theme in studies examining the ...

Scientists divide the Mesozoic Era into three periods: the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous. During this era, the land gradually split from one huge supercontinent into smaller ones. The associated ...

The mystery behind the origins of the dinosaurs may have been given a new twist, with a modeling study suggesting they may have evolved in what is today equatorial Africa and South America. This would ...

To store gas the way the company, UK Oil and Gas (UKOG), is proposing, you first need to find a thick band of underground ...

Sharks and rays have populated the world's oceans for around 450 million years, but more than a third of the species living today are severely threatened by overfishing and the loss of their habitat.

With its glaciers and sub-zero temperatures, Antarctica hardly seems like a place of refuge. However, the now icy continent ...

Research published in Current Biology indicates that volcanic eruptions and climate adaptations played key roles in their evolution. Future fossil discoveries in underexplored regions like the ...