The mass extinction that wiped out nearly all life on Earth just before the dinosaurs evolved may have been caused by a global temperature drop rather than a rapidly warming climate. The End Triassic ...

Around 66 million years ago, Earth endured a mass extinction event that marked the end of the Cretaceous and the start of the Paleogene period. Roughly 75% of all species vanished, including every non ...

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For decades, scientists have debated what wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago. The usual suspects? A massive asteroid or powerful volcanic eruptions. But now, researchers from Dartmouth ...

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 ...

After years of detective work, University geosciences professor Gerta Keller and her colleagues have found that an intensive period of volcanic eruptions and a series of asteroid impacts likely ended ...

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 ...

A recent study led by geosciences professor Gerta Keller challenges the most commonly-held belief for the mass-extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The ...

WACO, Texas — A new study published on Thursday, co-authored by researchers from Baylor University, New Mexico State University, the Smithsonian Institution and several international collaborators, ...

But if there is one thing we’ve learned from the history of past mass extinctions, it is (with a nod to “Jurassic Park”): “Life finds a way.” The post The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs, As Explained by ...