The surprising discovery of a new species of extinct crocodile relative from the Triassic Favret Formation of Nevada, USA, rewrites the story of life along the coasts during the first act of the Age ...

Could you survive the rise of a bunch of weird creatures in the Triassic Period? In the aftermath of the Great Dying, rapid evolutionary radiation resulted in the rise of a bunch of weird creatures in ...

A newly published review of 252-million-year-old fossils from southwest Germany is offering a deeper understanding of life’s rebound following the Permian-Triassic extinction, the most devastating ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American The Triassic doesn't get enough credit. Truly ...

The mass extinction that wiped out nearly all life on Earth just before the dinosaurs evolved may have been caused by a global temperature drop rather than a rapidly warming climate. The End Triassic ...

The dinosaurs -- Triassic life -- Jurassic life -- Cretaceous life -- A new era -- Dinosaur science Life on Earth -- Animals with backbones -- What is a dinosaur? -- Dinosaur diversity -- Life in the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I know, it’s shocking. Today I’m extracting a ...