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

Roughly 201 million years ago, the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event wiped out about 76% of all marine and land species on ...

3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a bout of violent volcanic eruptions, climate change, or perhaps a fatal run ...

For decades, scientists have debated what wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The usual suspects? A massive ...

Decades later, those fossilized remains have revealed a new chapter in the story of early dinosaurs. Introducing Maleriraptor ...

A NEW dog-sized dinosaur species that roamed the Earth 220 million years ago has been discovered. The Maleriraptor kuttyi is thought to be one of the earliest killer dinosaurs in history. The ...

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 ...

The geological record offers strong evidence of numerous climate upheavals such as this throughout prehistory, often with ...

The Triassic climate was relatively hot and dry ... flowering plants were a much more common part of Earth's plant life. Various insect groups also appeared, including bees, which helped increase the ...