For a long time, scientists have debated what caused the dinosaurs to die out 66 million years ago. Was it a huge asteroid or ...

Up close, the mouthparts the bugs use to suck blood are clearly visible A study that began as an investigation into the "utterly bizarre" way in which bedbugs reproduce has revealed they have ...

The day the dinosaurs' world fell apart Splosh ... environmental changes that are occurring in the run-up to the extinction event. "And what we discovered is that the only way in which we can ...

The exact nature of this catastrophic event is still open to scientific debate ... together with more gradual changes to Earth's climate that happened over millions of years. Whatever the causes, the ...

According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic end. For months, scientists conclude, dense clouds of dust blocked the sun ...

XA1, struck Earth on Dec. 3, 2024, burning up over Siberia. It's the 11th detected before impact. No damage was reported.

The sediments, fossils and associated impact debris make this an important site for those who study the extinction event that helped wipe-out the dinosaurs.” The Chicxulub impact event occurred at the ...

“Extinction can mark the end of a dynasty, but we must not forget that our own species might not have evolved if it weren’t for the impact and the timing of events that saw the end of the dinosaurs".

After the extinction of the dinosaurs during the Cretaceous mass extinction (the fifth mass extinction) about 66 million ...

The rise of dinosaurs is one of evolution's most intriguing success stories. Emerging in the mid-Triassic period, their ...

Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.