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

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

We’ve all been told that the largest extinction event on Earth was caused by a meteor, but what if that’s not the case? In ...

‘We found bones, teeth, fish scales, plant fragments, and even tiny beetles.’ ...

Using hundreds of samples of fossilised faeces, vomit and intestinal contents, alongside bones and footprints, researchers ...

Kiwi scientists are venturing into Antarctica’s remote reaches to study a devastating event that wiped out life across Earth – and what they learn could yield important insights into how ...

Dec. 2, 2024 — Scientists now know how many bonobos live in one of the largest pristine tropical forests, a place believed to be the world's stronghold for the endangered species. The research ...

An international team of scientists has found evidence of this significant extinction event, which appears to have paved the way for dinosaurs to become the dominant creatures on Earth. Involved in ...

While both groups survived as a whole, many species went extinct. Among the casualties were the shastasaurid ichthyosaurs, a ...

Earth is no stranger to mass extinction events – it’s had five so far, and some scientists have even claimed we’re in the midst of a sixth. The biggest one of all, however, was so hugely ...

This was not the mass-extinction event that brought an end to the age of dinosaurs, but rather cleared the path for their further evolution and subsequent dominance over the Earth. The sediments ...