Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of the dinosaurs.

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact ...

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

The fossil find includes at least 19 individuals of the species Buettnererpeton bakeri, which were as large as adult ...

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

Scientists racing the clock to finish excavating top southern Utah dinosaur fossil site before construction on a power ...

The French countryside is rich in fossilized eggs, footprints, and bones. A battle is raging over who is allowed to hunt for ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

After the end-Permian mass extinction, certain species thrived in warmer, oxygen-depleted waters, spreading globally. This ...

A rare fossil unearthed in Mongolia's Gobi Desert has led to the identification of a new dinosaur species Duonychus tsogtbaatari.

B. bakeri was a primitive, four-legged amphibian that lived in North America during the Triassic Period, which spanned between 201 million and 252 million years ago. The species belonged to a ...