Paleontologist Riley Black points out in her new book that the story of the dinosaurs is not prehistory, but an elegant premonition of what happens when a form of life believes itself eternal. 66 ...

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 ...

A previously unexploited source of information is now throwing new light on Earth's climate during the age of dinosaurs. Fossilized dinosaur teeth show that concentrations of carbon dioxide in the ...

Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...

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Scientists have long debated whether dinosaurs were in decline before an asteroid smacked the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction. New research suggests dinosaur populations were still ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Two duck-billed dinosaur carcasses were preserved in a thin layer of clay for 66 million years. Now, they’ve helped researchers recreate their living appearance. Reading time 3 minutes In the badlands ...