Museum fossils in England reveal 200-million-year-old coelacanths, fish that swam alongside the first dinosaurs ...

Teaching faculty in the University of Wisconsin Integrative Biology Department Scott Hartman spoke on how thermal modeling is an effective tool for predicting the End-Triassic Extinction period Sept.

Italian paleontologists have uncovered thousands of dinosaur footprints on a near-vertical rock face more than 2,000 metres above sea level in the Stelvio National Park, a discovery they say is among ...

An estimated 20,000 prints from mid-sized dinosaurs stretched across 5km of near-vertical rock. It's one of the richest sites ...

Over the next three weeks, we are going look at the three periods of the Mesozoic Era beginning, of course, with the first one: the Triassic Period. The Triassic Period is the oldest, shortest and, ...

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Scientists have identified a new species of extinct crocodile kin that reveals they unexpectedly ruled the coasts of the Triassic period. The groundbreaking discovery of the Benggwigwishingasuchus ...

According to a new study, scientists believe the largest animals to ever live, lived in the sea. In fact, a new discovery has led them to believe that one of the largest animals was a Triassic period ...

A Triassic herbivore, known for its supposed similarities to a modern-day ostrich, has been revealed to have entirely different approach to feeding from previously thought. A Triassic herbivore, known ...

Putting together a giant jigsaw puzzle can be a lot of fun! Especially when the pieces are millions of years old. Jonah Choinière of the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the ...

A dinosaur fossil footprint found about 50 years ago is from a plant-eating dinosaur – not a huge meat-eating dinosaur as previously thought, according to a new study. The footprint, which dates back ...

A dense Arctic bonebed shows marine life and ocean food webs recovered far faster than scientists once believed after mass ...