Rock layers deposited before and after the major dinosaur extinction event 65 million years ago are surprisingly different.

So in one way, dinosaurs never went extinct; they just turned into birds. However, in the stricter sense of the word, dinosaurs had a whole combination of anatomical and behavioral characteristics ...

The reptiles had such an "immense" impact on the planet that their sudden exit led to wide-scale changes in landscapes - including the shape of rivers, say American scientists. Geologists have long ...

Jurassic Park made millions believe that cloning ancient animals could be possible. Today, science has made cloning a reality ...

Dinosaurs’ eating habits and, later, their extinction may have altered the course of rivers in ancient North America, according to a new paper published in Communications Earth and Environment.

When it comes to dinosaur extinction, the working idea is what’s called the bolide impact. This is the hypothesis that a meteorite came to the surface of the Earth, hit the Earth and led to the ...

Around 66 million years ago, a 12-kilometre-wide asteroid travelling at 43,000 km/h crashed into Earth, triggering one of the ...

When the big asteroid hit Mexico 66 million years ago, it set off wildfires, tsunamis and massive clouds of dust that darkened the skies, killed much of Earth’s plant life and triggered a chain of ...

Ben Lamm, Michael Dougherty, and Beth Shapiro attend the "Jurassic World Rebirth" New York Premiere at Lincoln Center on June 23, 2025 in New York City “I think I was 11 when I saw the first Jurassic ...

Warning: Spoilers for Uncanny X-Men #14!The dinosaurs have finally been given a canonical reason for their extinction in the Marvel Universe. Dinosaurs have always been an important staple of Marvel ...