A previously misidentified Triassic cynodont has been confirmed as a new species, revealing a surviving lineage of early ...

A 230-million-year-old fossilized beetle has been discovered in China that could rewrite the history of its evolution.

A quarter of a billion years ago, long before dinosaurs or mammals evolved, the predator Dinogorgon, whose skull is shown here, hunted floodplains in the heart of today's South Africa. In less than a ...

Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth's evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with five major mass extinctions being particularly ...

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction, or “The Great Dying,” this cataclysm wiped out over 80% of marine ...

Approximately 250 million years ago, during the Permian-Triassic extinction event, which is also popularly known as the period of "The Great Dying", the Earth experienced its most catastrophic ...

“Mesozoic” means “middle life,” and this was the time of the dinosaurs. This era includes the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods — names that may be familiar to you. It ended with a massive ...

The Triassic–Jurassic transition represents one of Earth’s most profound episodes of biological upheaval, characterised by extensive volcanic activity, rapid climatic shifts and cascading ...

Roughly 201 million years ago, the Triassic-Jurassic extinction event wiped out about 76% of all marine and land species on Earth. This cleared the stage for dinosaurs to take over for the next 135 ...

couple of Brachiosaurus altithorax and a flock of Pterosaurs in a scenic Late Jurassic landscape© dottedhippo/iStock via Getty Images The Jurassic Period is one of the three prehistoric geological ...