Pterosaurs, which dominated the skies of the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, first evolved to take to the air in warm and humid conditions during the Late Triassic, a new study suggests. In ...

The Late Triassic was full of animals that look almost familiar, right up until you place them on the evolutionary tree. One ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Plesiosaurs are among the most charismatic ...

Had a volcano-driven mass extinction not occurred at the end of the Triassic 201 million years ago, we likely would have had something closer to an Age of Crocodiles than the Age of Dinosaurs that ...

Learn about large extinct “fish lizards” known as ichthyosaurs with this excerpt from “Ancient Sea Reptiles.” Darren Naish Ichthyosaurs like this Jurassic Ophthalmosaurus had slender jaws and enormous ...

Some 240 million years ago, a storm rolled over the tropical edge of the supercontinent of Pangaea and battered the coastal islands. Rain lashed forests of horsetails and ferns, sweeping plants and ...

A walk along the Somerset coastline in southwest England led to the discovery of one of the largest marine reptiles ever identified. The fossil, uncovered by 11-year-old Ruby Reynolds during a family ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Like the rest of the West Coast, far Northern California was under water when early dinosaurs roamed North America. That doesn’t ...

Scientists have discovered a new lizard-like species that lurked in shallow water to pick off its prey -- with the help of a short, flat tail used as a float. Scientists have discovered a new ...

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