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

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

Then, a six-mile-wide asteroid struck Mexico’s Yucatán at 43,200 mph, releasing energy beyond all human-made explosives combined and reshaping life on Earth. Unlike many species that survived the ...

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

Stanford study shows ocean biomass has risen over 540 million years, linking biodiversity to long-term ecosystem health.

As far as we know, around 66 million years ago (yes, that's even older than your teachers!) a huge meteor smashed into Earth and caused something called the "Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

At first, the paleontologists thought the fossils belonged to a group of metatherians -- or marsupial-like mammals -- from the Cretaceous period that survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction ...

At first, the paleontologists thought the fossils belonged to a group of metatherians -- or marsupial-like mammals -- from the Cretaceous period that survived the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction ...