Positioned between the worst mass extinction of all time and the one that finished off the dinosaurs, the Triassic extinction is, understandably, less notorious. But in its own way, it was just as ...

The mass extinction that wiped out many species at the end of the Triassic period some 200 million years ago made way for the dinosaurs' domination of Earth for the next 135 million years. Now ...

The biggest mass extinction of all time happened 251 million years ago, at the Permian-Triassic boundary. Virtually all of life was wiped out, but the pattern of how life was killed off on land ...

UW teaching faculty member uses Niche Map program to research extinction Teaching faculty in the University of Wisconsin Integrative Biology Department Scott Hartman spoke on how thermal modeling is ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered the magmatic engine behind Earth’s most devastating eruptions.

March 6 (UPI) -- New research suggests the Permian-Triassic extinction event was caused by a brief ice age, 250 million years ago. The ancient rock strata known as the Permian-Triassic boundary ...

It made room for dinosaurs and mammals In a very literal way, you have the Permian-Triassic extinction (and all other catastrophic moments of the planet’s history) to thank for your very existence.

Researchers report three distinct tanystropheid taxa from the upper Blue Mesa Member of the Chinle Formation in the Petrified ...

The End Triassic Extinction, which occurred about 201.6 million years ago, stamped out three-quarters of all life on Earth, and has long been thought to be linked to the volcanic eruption of the ...

Esparta Palma/flickr, CC BY Just over 200m years ago, the end-Triassic mass extinction killed off more than half of the species of organisms living on Earth’s land and in the oceans.

Less clear is what drove the extinctions on land. Until the end-Triassic extinction, relatives of today’s crocodiles dominated land ecosystems, while early dinosaurs were relatively minor players.