The mass extinction that wiped out nearly all life on Earth just before the dinosaurs evolved may have been caused by a global temperature drop rather than a rapidly warming climate. The End Triassic ...

Reconstruction of a Late Triassic landscape (approximately 215 million years ago). A lagerpetid, a close relative of pterosaurs, is perched on a rock, observing pterosaurs flying overhead.

In the north of Italy, high up on a rocky cliff face, a casual observation has revealed one of the greatest discoveries of dinosaur tracks on the European continent. It all began when a wildlife ...