Scientists have unearthed in Arizona fossils from an assemblage of animals, including North America's oldest-known flying reptile, that reveal a time of transition when venerable lineages that were ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth’s most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged global warming which followed, according to new research.

Researchers were able to date the fossil of the flying reptile, a close cousin of dinosaurs, back to more than 209 million ...

The team named the new pterosaur species Eotephradactylus mcintireae. The generic name means ‘ash-winged dawn goddess’ and references the site’s volcanic ash and the animals’ position near the base of ...

Paleontologists have uncovered in Arizona a Triassic treasure trove of fossils dating back 209 million years ago.

Paleontologists know the bone bed as PFV 393. The late fossil preparator Bill Amaral found the site in 2011 on a field trip ...

Around 252 million years ago, Earth went through its most devastating extinction event, the Permian–Triassic Mass Extinction ...

In an era when Earth is facing the threat of increased deforestation, a new research has given a warning about the importance ...

New fossil evidence has revealed that the collapse of tropical forests during the Earth’s most devastating extinction event ...

A fossilized skull of a massive amphibian has been discovered in a Texas quarry, and its appearance has sparked comparisons ...

A new study has shed light on one of Earth’s most mysterious climate disasters — revealing that the planet remained trapped in extreme heat for m ...

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ago shows that forests in many parts of the world were wiped out, disrupting the carbon cycle and ensuring that Earth re ...