When it comes to evolution and survival of the fittest, though, there is usually a rhyme and reason to who survives to see another epoch and who doesn’t. So why did something small and vulnerable like ...

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 ...

First study to explore how ancient reptiles spread across the Earth after the end-Permian mass extinction. New research ...

The forerunners of dinosaurs and crocodiles in the Triassic period were able to migrate across areas of the ancient world deemed completely inhospitable to life, new research suggests.

Unknown animals were leaving bird-like footprints in Late Triassic Southern Africa. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 11 / 231129150127.htm ...

A new analysis of three-toed fossil footprints that date back more than 210 million years reveals that they were created by bipedal reptiles with feet like a bird’s.

Here’s a short list of Triassic animals that evolved forms and behaviors we now associate with dinosaurs, long before the “terrible lizards” would do the same. Postosuchus While smaller ...

Most animals had a core temp of 30 degrees Celsius. Heat stress caused them to stop foraging to find shade. After trial and error, researchers, including Hartman, modeled the end-Triassic mass ...

Inside that coprolite (a fossilized piece of dung) paleontologists have discovered the oldest physical evidence of ...

Weird pig-size animals with tusks were surviving a mass extinction, but not thriving. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. About ...

A new species of ancient reptile has been named after spending more than 200 million years buried in the ground. Threordatoth chasmatos was one of the last survivors of the procolophonids, a group of ...