The Triassic is a tale of two histories. One is its natural history, begun after the Great Permian Dying, 252m years ago, when, as happens from time to time, plate tectonics brought Earth’s continents ...

We were mind blown to think that a sea creature the size of a blue whale ... They appeared in the Triassic, reached their peak in the Jurassic, then disappeared in the Cretaceous - several million ...

The period of time before the Triassic was called the Permian. This was a time when a wide variety of animals lived ... in its curve is called the Tethys Sea. The interior of Pangaea would ...

and gave rise to new creatures, including rodent-size mammals and the first dinosaurs. By the start of the Triassic, all the Earth's landmasses had coalesced to form Pangaea, a supercontinent ...

Earth’s continents are constantly shifting. About 252 to 199 million years ago, all the continents were actually one huge “supercontinent” surrounded by one enormous ocean. Slowly, this ...

Scientists have revealed a new, remarkably complete fossil - a 16ft (5m)-long aquatic reptile from the Triassic period. The creature dates back 240 million years and has been dubbed a "dragon ...

The first mammals appeared around 225 to 200 million years ago, during the late Triassic period ... many large animals disappeared. Scientists are still trying to figure out why.