A previously misidentified Triassic cynodont has been confirmed as a new species, revealing a surviving lineage of early ...

Friday, March 20, Sterling Nesbitt, a paleontologist and professor of geobiology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State ...

Teaching faculty in the University of Wisconsin Integrative Biology Department Scott Hartman spoke on how thermal modeling is an effective tool for predicting the End-Triassic Extinction period Sept.

Located in East Greenland's Fleming Fjord Formation, the recently identified 210-million-year-old lungfish burrows provide ...

A recently discovered species of ancient crocodile was found to be much sturdier than even our modern-day crocs. Indeed these reptiles, knowns as aetosaurs, which are thought to have gone extinct ...

Ancient animals were walking around on bird-like feet over 210 million years ago, according to a study published November 29, 2023 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Miengah Abrahams and Emese M.

An odd crocodile relative, Sonselasuchus cedrus, walked on four legs as a baby and two as an adult - a huge transformation ...

Long before dinosaurs became dominant, the Triassic world was ruled by archosaurs whose true behavior is still debated by ...

Imagine a crocodile that would rather sprint than swim. It dashes over dry ground on long, slender legs like a reptilian ...

WEST TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - It's a discovery that sounds more like the premise of an Isaac Asimov novel than fact. Swamp monsters did exist, 205 million years ago, according to a group of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Life on Earth began over four billion years ago, not long ...