Late Cretaceous dinosaurs may have cut back vegetation, creating large floodplains. When the asteroid hit, those floodplains ...

A fossil from the blustery plains of Patagonia is revising your book on one of the most elusive bands of hunting dinosaurs.

Until recently, I assumed that the term “extinction burst” referred to the impact of the comet, asteroid or other ...

Some 66 million years ago, a devastating asteroid strike is believed to have been behind the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

Ever since moviegoers saw the first ‘Jurassic Park,’ millions have wondered if scientists could make a dinosaur in the lab.

Geologists and palaeontologists have uncovered more than 1,00,000 fossils to date, representing over 100 species, including ...

Researchers in China have opened a new window into the deep past by blasting dinosaur eggs with a laser, dating them directly ...

Behind a Lowe’s in New Jersey, scientists uncovered 100,000+ fossils at Edelman Fossil Park—including a mosasaur, a giant ...

“Curious people,” according to Nobel Prize-winning physicist Luis Alvarez, “had the right to exhibit a controlled disrespect ...

The seven-metre predator, found in Chubut Province, lived shortly before the mass extinction some 66 million years ago; Named ...

Anyone who's seen Armageddon is familiar with the concept of using a nuclear weapon on an asteroid that has the potential to trigger a catastrophic event.