A rock core clock reveals how life recovered after Earth's greatest mass extinction and what drove that process.

The end-Triassic extinction is often overshadowed by the disaster that killed the dinosaurs, but on its own it ranks among ...

One of the most devastating extinctions in Earth's history is best known for what didn't die—dinosaurs. But the end-Triassic ...

Learn how a 260-million-year-old Permian reptile, once thought to explain turtle evolution, turned out to belong to a different lineage, reshaping the story of turtle origins in the Triassic Period.

A badly mangled dinosaur skull, once forgotten in a drawer, turned out to be a rare and important discovery. Reconstructed by a Virginia Tech student, it revealed a new species of early carnivorous ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

During the Triassic around 205 million years ago, a newly-identified relative of modern crocodiles stalked its prey, but not in the water, a new study finds. Like other ancient crocodile cousins, this ...

An early relative of crocodiles spent its juvenile years walking on all fours, then stood up on two legs as an adult. Its arm and leg bones grew at different rates to enable this transition. “The ...

Jennifer Roy is a children's literature scholar and a freelance writer. She currently is working as as a flex editor and on writing content for Game Rant. She received her Ph. D. in English in 2020. A ...

Last September photographer Elio Della Ferrera spotted thousands of dinosaur tracks traversing vertical rock faces in the Fraele Valley of Stelvio National Park, high in the Italian Alps. Some of the ...

The Triassic period marked a chaotic chapter in Earth’s history following the planet’s largest mass extinction. This documentary explores the bizarre reptiles that emerged as ecosystems struggled to ...