A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

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

The Triassic period stands out in Earth’s history as the time when dinosaurs first evolved. It was followed by the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – at the end of the latter, the dinosaurs ...

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

Paleontologists believed that the very first dinosaurs evolved in Patagonia, but a new study points in a very different ...

Paleontologists found a group of four-legged Triassic creatures preserved in the same bone bed—but they don’t know what ...

The Triassic covers the period from 252 to 201 million years ago. The area of present-day Baden-Württemberg was a central part of the Central European Basin. The extraordinary abundance of ...

The Jurassic Period is named after the Jura Mountains, a mountain range that stretches along the France-Switzerland border. It’s where naturalist Alexander von Humboldt first noticed that Jurassic ...

Earth’s continents are constantly shifting. About 252 to 199 million years ago, all the continents were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. Slowly, this ...

Learn about the time period that took place 251 to 199 million years ago. 3 min read The start of the Triassic period (and the Mesozoic era) was a desolate time in Earth's history. Something—a ...