Namely, a group of primitive amphibians called the temnospondyls. They may have survived the Great Dying by feeding on some ...

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that ...

Ancient amphibians survived Earth's biggest extinction by feeding on freshwater prey. Their adaptability helped them thrive.

Learn why the temnospondyls’ inability to evolve eventually did them in when mammals and dinosaurs appeared on the scene.

The Triassic Period was a time of great change. Bookended by extinctions, this era saw huge shifts in the diversity and dominance of life on Earth, ushering in the appearance of many well-known groups ...

A recently discovered species of ancient crocodile was found to be much sturdier than even our modern-day crocs. Indeed these reptiles, knowns as aetosaurs, which are thought to have gone extinct ...

Grasshoppers appeared. But perhaps the biggest changes came with the evolution of dinosaurs and the first mammals in the late Triassic, starting around 230 million years ago. The Triassic closed ...

Witton ( The end-Permian mass extinction, 252 million years ago, was the largest, wiping out up to 90% of species.

After Earth’s worst extinction, ancient amphibians thrived by adapting to harsh conditions, feasting on freshwater prey, and outlasting land predators.

Then 252 million years ago came the Permian-Triassic extinction event. This is the biggest extinction event our planet has ever seen, in which 70 per cent of species on land disappeared along with ...

Despite the widespread devastation, life recovered during the Triassic period as new species arose and diversified quickly. This also marked the first time the earliest dinosaurs appeared.