Everyone knows about the mass extinction that ended the Age of Dinosaurs. About 66 million years ago, a seven-mile-wide ...
The extinction of the Dinosaur was a tumultuous time that included some of the largest volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history, as well as the impact of a 10-15 km wide asteroid. The role these events ...
In a new study, scientists are piecing together the mysterious origins of dinosaurs, challenging long-held beliefs about ...
Scientists have made new discoveries about the origins of dinosaurs, suggesting they first emerged in dry, arid regions of ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The giant space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs may have set off a chain of cataclysmic volcanic eruptions on land and undersea, claims a new study that is already dividing ...
Did dinosaurs lose their dominance suddenly or gradually? Some scientists think the answer lies locked within the remnants of long-dormant volcanoes. Massive beds of ancient lava found around the ...
Ultimately it’s very difficult to determine which environmental factors were most responsible for the mass dying off dinosaurs and other ancient species. Some may have died out from poisoning ...
Research suggests dinosaurs first appeared in the ancient Gondwana supercontinent, including areas that are now the Amazon ...
They walked on two legs (were bipedal) and most are thought to have been omnivores. Dinosaurs became dominant after volcanic eruptions wiped out many of their reptile relatives 201 million years ago.
Researchers found 100+ volcanoes beneath Antarctic ice along the active West Antarctic Rift System, dating back to the dinosaur age.