Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, ...

New research suggests that dinosaur populations were thriving in North America before the asteroid impact 66 million years ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed ...

A new study is challenging a long-standing view of the final days of the dinosaurs. For decades, many palaeontologists ...

The dinosaurs' doomsday asteroid was around 7.5 miles (12 kilometers) wide and caused widespread devastation when it hit at the end of the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago). The ...

The new research adds substantial evidence to the long-running debate regarding whether dinosaur populations were already ...

A fresh analysis of a site in New Mexico provides a glimpse into the final days of the dinosaurs, showing their diversity before going extinct.

New findings indicate dinosaurs were flourishing just before the asteroid strike. Fossils from New Mexico show diverse and ...

A geology professor who joined the New Mexico State University faculty this year is the lead author of a new paper addressing ...

The study offers the most recent data that challenges the long-held belief among paleontologists that dinosaur populations ...

Mysterious night lizards survived the giant asteroid strike that ended the reign of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago, despite living right next to the impact site, a new study finds. Thanks to a new ...