Dinosaurs weren't in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth and wiped them out, scientists say. Instead, the idea that dinosaur diversity was declining before the asteroid struck 66 million years ...

The Cretaceous Era—roughly 145 to 66 million years ago—was the last hurrah of the dinosaurs. A massive asteroid impact brought them to a violent end, but there’s more to the story. The Cretaceous ...

Researchers analyzed 200 fossil teeth from ancient mammals in China, revealing how they adapted and diversified after the ...

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A newly described dinosaur that appears to have persisted beyond a catastrophic die-off is forcing scientists to rethink how mass extinctions actually play out on the ground. Instead of a clean break ...

This cleared the stage for dinosaurs to take over for the next 135 million years. This extinction was connected with massive volcanic eruptions caused by the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. The ...

Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a period just before ...

Scientists say the "unique" fossil find shows they were in fact blooming 10 million years before dinosaurs were wiped out.

Scientists still debate the purpose of this dinosaur's iconic horns and spiky head plate. Find out what we’ve learned about how Triceratops lived and why it went extinct.

Dinosaurs and other extinct saurians : a historical perspective : introduction / Richard T.J. Moody ... [et al.] -- The roles played by museums, collections and collectors in the early history of ...