For a long time, the prevailing theory was that dinosaurs were already in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck Earth approximately 66 million years ago, leading to the extinction of about 70% ...

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign.

About 66 million years ago, the fiery asteroid impact that wiped out dinosaurs - and much of life on Earth - left clues about ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a ...

For decades, dinosaurs were thought to be permanently lost to time, but new genetic experiments suggest that assumption may ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...

When it comes to dinosaur extinction, the working idea is what’s called the bolide impact. This is the hypothesis that a meteorite came to the surface of the Earth, hit the Earth and led to the ...

The evolution of life on planet Earth has occurred gradually over time, but it has not always been a peaceful process. Life has had to face cataclysmic environmental changes, and sometimes that ...