Research shows that the Triassic was an important period in Earth's history, laying the foundations for the development of ...

New research from the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart reconstructs Triassic terrestrial ecosystems using fossils ...

Earlier failed attempts at the split formed rift valleys in North America and Africa filled with red sediments that today contain the best preserved fossils of Triassic life. The oceans teemed ...

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 ...

However, the universe may harbour life forms based on entirely different principles and biochemistries. Life elsewhere could use different elements as building blocks. Silicon, with its chemical ...

Life in the Triassic period had a rough start. In the Permian period before, the largest mass extinction event in Earth’s history had just taken place. Despite the widespread devastation ...

However, the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event was not the worst loss of life in our planet’s history. That distinction belongs to the Permian-Triassic extinction or the Great Dying.

Ecology, biodiversity, climate change: Research shows that the Triassic was an important period in Earth's history, laying the foundations for the development of complex life forms and the ...