Approximately 66 million years ago, the Chicxulub asteroid, estimated to be 10–15 kilometers in diameter, struck the Yucatán ...

Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was caused by the release of large volumes of sulfur from rocks within the Chicxulub impact ...

Chicxulub sucker-punched the planet around 66 million years ago, creating a 200-kilometer-wide (124.3-mile) impact crater in ...

Explore the age of the dinosaurs. Discover what the prehistoric world was like and how it changed between when dinosaurs first appeared and the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Non ...

DINOSAURS survived a spate of violent volcanic eruptions often blamed for their extinction, a study has found. It adds further weight to the belief that they were killed off by an asteroid ...

Several factors contributed to the survival of crocodiles, turtles, lizards and birds 66 million years ago, say our readers ...

The scientists therefore conclude that the meteorite impact was the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event. What killed off the dinosaurs—was it the Chicxulub meteorite or did the ...

The analysis revealed the ichthyosaur was evolving from a reptile into something more like a whale and managed to survive for ...

When you picture a dinosaur, what does it look like? For Jingmai O'Connor, paleobiologist and associate curator of reptiles ...

The study reveals that while Deccan Volcanism caused significant disasters for fauna, its effects on flora were only ...

Jan. 16, 2025 — Previous studies have posited that the mass extinction that wiped the dinosaurs off the face of the Earth was caused by the release of large volumes of sulfur from rocks within ...