Teaching faculty in the University of Wisconsin Integrative Biology Department Scott Hartman spoke on how thermal modeling is an effective tool for predicting the End-Triassic Extinction period Sept.

Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new study. Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according ...

Three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years were pressed into soft mud by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s, a new analysis of the tracks has revealed. The ...

A recently discovered species of ancient crocodile was found to be much sturdier than even our modern-day crocs. Indeed these reptiles, knowns as aetosaurs, which are thought to have gone extinct ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown species of a crocodile-like reptile that lived around 250 million years ago. The new species belongs to an extinct group of animals known as ...

Ancient reptilian carnivores that resembled modern crocodiles were fearsome hunters, but their scaly armor and sharp teeth couldn’t protect them from parasites, scientists have discovered.

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A bizarre dragon-like creature that lived during the Triassic period used its remarkably long neck to hunt unsuspecting prey in shallow water, scientists have found. When you purchase through links on ...

An artist’s reconstruction of the fossilized landscape, plants and animals found preserved in a remote bonebed of Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park Illustration by Brian Engh The painted desert ...

These tracks aren’t a direct match for any fossil animals known from this region and time period. The most ancient of these footprints, at over 210 million years old, are 60 million years older than ...