The Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction, occurring approximately 66 million years ago, represents one of the most dramatic biotic crises in Earth’s history.

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

Researchers found that night lizards survived the dinosaur-killing asteroid strike at the end of the Cretaceous, despite ...

The Cretaceous period is known for the K-Pg extinction event. This event happened approximately 66 million years ago. During this time, many invertebrates and large vertebrates became extinct.

The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction event, which occurred roughly 66 million years ago, was Earth’s last major extinction event and is estimated to have resulted in the removal of 55 ...

Eventually, time tempered the catastrophic climate of the KT extinction event. As conditions became livable again, survivors of the event flourished and diversified. These organisms are the ancestors ...

The Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event was a period of massive extinction of species, about 65.5 million years ago. It corresponds to the end of the Cretaceous Period and the beginning of the ...

It comes after the Jurassic Period and before the Paleogene - the first period of the Cenozoic Era, our current era. It lasted a long time, nearly 80 million years, making it the longest geological ...

The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event that occurred 66 million years ago is believed to have been caused by an asteroid crashing into Earth just off the Yucatan peninsula in south ...

A team of paleontologists explore the fossil-rich Corral Bluffs near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Photo: Rick Wicker (DMNS) A new research grant will fund an investigation of the ecological and ...