Read about the Jurassic extinction event that wiped out many species at the beginning of this Period and led to the rise of ...

The Mesozoic wasn’t just the age of dinosaurs. Reptiles of all sorts thrived through the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous at ...

In a fitting discovery for the Year of the Dragon, scientists in southern China have unearthed a fossil that mirrors ancient ...

A team of scientists found prehistoric animal footprints that indicate how creatures behaved in Oregon as far back as 50 ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass ...

Discover how crocodiles survived two mass extinctions thanks to their flexible diets and habitats, according to research.

In the Mesozoic Era, there are fossils that represent both extinct groups and modern groups of animals and plants. During the first period of the Mesozoic Era (Triassic Period), many new types of ...

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

What secrets do these fossilized ecosystems reveal about the prehistoric past ... over the course of the Triassic. And so it is, good area to kind of study how animals are responding to these ...

Fossilized footprints and tracks dating back 50 million years ago discovered at the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument could provide new insight into how prehistoric animals lived in Oregon. The ...

Colossal, a genetics startup, has birthed three pups that contain ancient DNA retrieved from the remains of the animal’s ...

This period was preceded by the Triassic Period and ... affected were the terrestrial animals. Up to 42 percent of all terrestrial tetrapods became extinct at the beginning of the Jurassic Period.