66 million years ago, the reign of the dinosaurs came to an abrupt and catastrophic end. Creatures that had ruled the planet for more than 170 million years — from the gigantic sauropods that shook ...

WACO, Texas — A new study published on Thursday, co-authored by researchers from Baylor University, New Mexico State University, the Smithsonian Institution and several international collaborators, ...

Scientists have unveiled the Nadir crater, a 5-mile wide undersea structure off the coast of West Africa, believed to have been formed by an asteroid impact that coincided with the extinction of the ...

Pigs, rats, cats, and mongooses, all brought to the island decades earlier by humans, were to blame for their demise, preying ...

New dates for a long-debated New Mexico fossil site reveal that dinosaurs were thriving and regionally diverse until the end-Cretaceous asteroid strike 66 million years ago, according to a new study.

The Yolo Bird Alliance invites the public to enjoy two exciting November events celebrating birds, science, and community: a ...

Of all the mysteries surrounding dinosaurs, none has sparked more debate than how their era ended—was it a gradual decline or a sudden catastrophe? A new study led by Andrew Flynn of New Mexico State ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

A site in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico is providing a rare glimpse into the last days of the dinosaurs.Rocks and fossils at the Naashoibito Member site show an ecosystem that was ...