The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

A newly published review of 252-million-year-old fossils from southwest Germany is offering a deeper understanding of life’s ...

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less diverse ...

The French countryside is rich in fossilized eggs, footprints, and bones. A battle is raging over who is allowed to hunt for ...

A new review of Triassic fossils from Germany reveals rich tetrapod diversity and links to modern biodiversity and climate ...

Paleontologists found a group of four-legged Triassic creatures preserved in the same bone bed—but they don’t know what ...

The discovery of nearly 20 alligator-size amphibians that died together during the Triassic in what is now Wyoming is ...

Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published April 2, 2025 in the ...

Dozens of amphibians perished together on an ancient floodplain around 230 million years ago, according to a study published ...

It probably spent most, if not all, of its life in the water eating… anything unfortunate enough to venture too far into the ...

Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...

Scientists racing the clock to finish excavating top southern Utah dinosaur fossil site before construction on a power ...