Meteor strikes are usually associated with mass extinctions, but a new study shows that one meteor strike could have actually ...

Massive volcanic eruptions have been linked to the demise of the dinosaurs. However, a new climate study shows that the ...

The Chicxulub meteorite impact, rather than volcanic activity, was the principal driver behind the extinction of the ...

For many, the matter is settled – and there’s a huge crater down in Mexico to act as evidence. However, a minority of experts ...

It's the last week before Christmas and not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse model bred to exhibit characteristics of ...

(Henry Sharpe) (CN) — An international team of paleontologists and ecologists hope their study, published Wednesday in Science Advances, will resolve the ongoing debate on the dinosaurs’ status before ...

The space rocks, both estimated to be no larger than 5 miles (8 kilometers) wide, impacted Earth within 25,000 years of each ...

Did a collision with a giant asteroid or comet change the shape of ... According to scientists who maintain that dinosaur extinction came quickly, the impact must have spelled the cataclysmic ...

DINOSAURS survived a spate of violent volcanic eruptions often blamed for their extinction, a study has found. It adds ...

While volcanism caused a temporary cold period, the effects had already worn off thousands of years before the meteorite, the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event, impacted.

The scientists therefore conclude that the meteorite impact was the ultimate cause of the dinosaur extinction event. The study is published in the journal Science Advances. The meteorite impact in ...