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

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

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 ...

The Cretaceous–Paleogene mass extinction saw a snake-splosion of biodiversity. Doug Johnson – Oct 14, 2021 6:45 am | 53 Today's diverse snake populations may trace back to a single ...

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

The Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event, which most scientists now estimate was triggered by a massive asteroid impact, killed off not only the Earth's largest land-dwellers, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...