The Triassic is one of the most important periods in the evolution of life on Earth. After one of the greatest mass ...

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From a groundbreaking find to a global disaster. This is how one species and human error endangered amphibians everywhere.

Ancient frog relatives survived the aftermath of the largest mass extinction of species by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial predators, academics have found.

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

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