We all know that the dinosaurs were wiped off the face of Earth by the mega asteroid that crashed over the Yucatan Peninsula over 60 million years ago. However, there is a long-standing debate that ...

When the asteroid struck 66 million years ago, it ended the age of non-avian dinosaurs - but not dinosaurs themselves. In this video, we explore the remarkable birds that survived the extinction and ...

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Researchers from the Center for Astrophysics theorize that a comet, not an asteroid, is to blame for killing off the dinosaurs on Earth. In a press release, researchers said the Chicxulub impactor ...

Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago. But scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive ...

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The end of the Cretaceous period saw disastrous geological and astronomical events, but researchers say that one in particular is to blame for the mass extinction. Reading time 3 minutes For years, ...

New analysis shows several families of dinosaurs were likely thriving in North America in the latter days of the dinosaur era. Reading time 3 minutes Diversity is central to one of the biggest ...