Charles Darwin coined the phrase "living fossil" to describe the ginkgo tree, whose distinctive wedge-shaped leaves are nearly identical to those of fossilized ginkgos from the Triassic Period 240 ...

By the start of the Triassic, all the Earth's landmasses had ... and the long-necked and paddle-finned plesiosaurs preyed on fish and ancient squid. The bottom rung of the food chain was filled ...

Coelacanths are strange fish that are currently only known from two species found along the East African coast and in ...

This creature, known as Dinocephalosaurus orientalis, lived around 240 million years ago during the Triassic period ...

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 ...