Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

We know that climates then were hot, and especially so after the extinction event. How could these water-loving animals have been so successful?" The Early Triassic was a time of repeated volcanic ...

It was the German geologist Friedrich August von Alberti who first marked the Triassic out. He discovered in 1834 that rocks throughout Europe of a certain age contained a unique fossil fauna ...

Dinosaurs are the extinct relatives of birds that roamed the lands and seas of ancient Earth. They first appeared around 240 ...

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 ...

Research shows how Earth's climate suddenly warmed 10°C, transforming ecosystems and causing the worst mass extinction in history.

Witton ( The end-Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was the largest, wiping out up to 90% of species.