A massive eruption of magma around 135 million years ago may have been the driving force behind the tectonic rift that split ...

Since the breakup of the supercontinent Pangea during the late Paleozoic, plate movements have been primarily organized into two distinct realms. In the Tethyan realm, enclosed by the continents ...

New dinosaur fossil tracks on the Isle of Skye reveal that the once-balmy environment was home to both fierce theropods and massive sauropods.

At the start of the period, the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea continued and accelerated. Laurasia, the northern half, broke up into North America and Eurasia. Gondwana, the southern half ...