When Siberian volcanoes kicked off the Great Dying, the real climate villain turned out to be the rainforests themselves: ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is ...

Groundbreaking research indicates that hibernation-like behavior may be far older than previously thought. Fossils of ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

When it comes to evolution and survival of the fittest, though, there is usually a rhyme and reason to who survives to see ...

The new species underlines the multiplicity of these ancient reptiles during the Triassic, from giants like Mambawakale ruhuhu to smaller animals like the newly described B. eremicarminis, which ...

Around 220 million years ago, shifting climate conditions created an environment that allowed pterosaurs to evolve and take ...

Scientists have identified the earliest known mammal – a small shrew-like animal that lived 225 million years ago. The species, Brasilodon, had previously been categorized differently, but new ...

A new species of ancient reptile has been named after spending more than 200 million years buried in the ground. Threordatoth chasmatos was one of the last survivors of the procolophonids, a group of ...

They lived during the Middle Triassic Period, or between 247.2 and 237 million years ago. While the ichthyosaurs ruled the oceans, this ancient croc ruled the shores.

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...