Two hundred and fifty one million years ago, the worst mass extinction event Planet Earth has ever seen ruined the life of ...

France was once filled with dinosaurs. Today it has one of the most extensive fossil records in Europe, ranging from the late Triassic period to the late Cretaceous, roughly 200 million to 75 ...

Scientists analyzing the image said the area's distinctive reddish hue signals vast oxidation of sedimentary layers caused by extreme climate swings during the Triassic Period, when North America ...

Bleeding between periods refers to any bleeding that occurs after the period ends or before the next period is due to begin. When this happens, someone may notice light brown spotting in their ...

Giant freshwater crayfish, longer and bulkier than today's species, roamed New Zealand 20 million years ago. They would have made a perfect snack for the crocodiles and trout-sized whitebait that ...

The find dated to around 202 million years ago, slotting it into the turbulent final chapter of the Triassic Period. At that time, much of what is now Britain lay beneath a warm, shallow sea patrolled ...

The Mesozoic Era is divided into three major periods: Triassic period (about 252 to 201 million years ago); Jurassic period (about 201 to 145 million years ago); and Cretaceous period (about 145 to 66 ...

But this lifestyle is only a narrow snapshot of their past. In the Late Triassic Period, crocodylomorph ancestors lived mostly on land. They were small-to-medium-sized predators feeding on small ...

Folds of rusted rock neighbor the Bighorn Canyon’s deep scar in the western United States. In the Triassic era, North America was part of Pangea, a supercontinent whose massive scale sparked extreme ...

A fossil jawbone found off Taiwan has been confirmed as Denisovan using ancient protein analysis, revealing they lived in both cold and warm climates and had distinct physical traits. A ...