New study finds dinosaurs weren’t declining before asteroid impact; a biased fossil record misled decades of paleontology.

Researchers from McGill University have made an unexpected discovery in Mexican waters. Two new species of reptiles, ...

Instead, the idea that dinosaur diversity was declining before the asteroid struck 66 million years ago is likely based on faulty fossil data, according to a study that looked at nearly 18 million ...

For decades, scientists have debated what wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The usual suspects? A massive ...

The findings offer new insights into how prehistoric mammals adapted to changing environments well before the asteroid impact reshaped life on Earth. While this study marks the conclusion of the ...

Amber deposits in Japan show unique deformations that suggest trees were swept out to sea during a tsunami about 115 million ...

It’s a long-debated issue, but now researchers say the idea Dinosaurs were in decline before the Chicxulub asteroid struck 66 ... “In this study, we show that this apparent decline is more ...

Study co-author Sean Gulick ... About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left ...

A new study challenges the idea that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact. Researchers at UCL Earth Sciences examined thousands of fossils. They found fewer accessible rocks from ...

When a 10-kilometer-wide asteroid slammed into Earth it sealed the fate of the dinosaurs, but it also created ideal conditions for a quick recovery of marine life at the impact site.

There might still be dinosaurs living on Earth today — if not for the giant asteroid. It’s a long-debated issue ... became the main type of environment being maintained. “In this study, we show that ...