The oceans have always been alive with mystery, beauty, and change. For the first time, scientists have measured how much ...

Dino lovers are invited to embark on an awe-inspiring journey and experience the wonder of a long-lost world during ...

Roughly 252 million years ago, Earth experienced its deadliest known extinction. Known as the Permian–Triassic Mass ...

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the ...

As climate change threatens tropical forests, a new study shows how the loss of those forests can be devastating to life on ...

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.

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using a ...

In the remote reaches of Arizona s Petrified Forest National Park, scientists have unearthed North America's oldest known pterosaur a small, gull-sized flier that once soared above Triassic ecosystems ...

The summer blockbuster Jurassic World Rebirth is hitting theaters, so Live Science asked paleontologist Steve Brusatte what ...

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who the lead actors are and how powerful their performances can be. It’s a vital ...

An ancient climate tipping point is revealed in new fossils dating back to Earth’s most severe extinction event, called the ...