An international team of scientists, including a senior researcher at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland, has uncovered new evidence of ancient wildfires that reshapes our understanding of ...

More than 200 million years ago, life on Earth was experimenting with new forms. The Triassic period gave rise to animals that look oddly familiar today, yet belonged to very different lineages.

The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass extinctions 252 million years ago, not only the dinosaurs but also many other groups ...

Long before dinosaurs became dominant, the Triassic world was ruled by archosaurs whose true behavior is still debated by scientists. Fossil evidence suggests these animals relied on ambush, speed, ...

Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a new study. Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according ...

Whoever the trackmakers are, these footprints establish the origin of bird-like feet at least as early as the Late Triassic Period. The authors add: “ Trisauropodiscus tracks are known from numerous ...