You will find this mass extinction event referred to in a few different ways including the end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME ...

Learn why a comprehensive comparison of crocodile skulls, teeth, and jaws hints that generalists, not specialists are best ...

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

To find answers, a team of researchers studied North America’s fossil record, focusing on the 18 million years before the mass extinction at the end of the ... the extinction event, said Darla ...

Fossils before and after the end-Permian extinction "go from ... even those seen in the earliest Triassic, which has been the greatest homogenization event to date," the study authors wrote.

The secret to their longevity could help conservationists better protect species today threatened by extinction.

During the first period of the Mesozoic Era (Triassic Period), many new types of animals evolved to fill the available ...