Explore the events surrounding the mass extinction of the dinosaurs, focusing on the cataclysmic incident that changed life on Earth. This video delves into the theories about why the dinosaurs died, ...

A collection of fossil teeth from southern China is shedding new light on one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s ...

A study of fossil teeth from China shows early mammals got bigger before their diets became specialized after 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 ...

Learn more about what fossilized teeth can tell us about the rise of mammals after the extinction of dinosaurs.

The extinction of the largest dinosaurs to walk the Earth may have played a critical role in creating an environment that helped fruits evolve, thereby indirectly shaping the evolution of our own ...

Herbivorous dinosaurs, rather than just post-extinction mammals, were likely the universe's first major fruit-eaters and seed ...

Sixty-six million years ago, Earth's balance shifted in a single strike. The asteroid impact set off firestorms, blocked out sunlight, and left food chains in collapse. Dinosaurs and countless other ...

A new study reveals the Chicxulub meteorite impact also created an underground hydrothermal system that sustained life for 8 million years.

Who would have thought that something as widely consumed today as the grape has its prehistoric roots in the time of the dinosaurs? In a groundbreaking discovery published in the journal Nature Plants ...

Silhouette of the Tyrannosaurus called Stan. This "tyrant lizard king," was excavated and prepared by the Black Hills Institute. © Louie Psihoyos/CORBIS What ...