Learn how the emergence of new plankton species started life's swift recovery after the asteroid impact that killed most ...

The impact of the asteroid 66 million years ago did not stop life from returning to normal for very long. New research shows ...

Now, evidence suggests that some of these spiral-shaped species did manage to persist after all. Recent analysis of ammonite ...

In a new study in Geology, researchers calculated how long it took for novel single-celled marine species to appear after the asteroid impact, and it’s surprisingly fast.

Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign.

Researchers suggest that ground-based mammals fared better than their arboreal relatives during the end-Cretaceous extinction thanks to their lifestyle. Reading time 2 minutes The end-Cretaceous ...

Everyone knows that dinosaurs are extinct, and most people have some idea about how it might have occurred. But the exact periods in history when it happened are less well known. Was it a single ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An artist's impression of the last dinosaurs from southern North America features a long-necked Alamosaurus. - Natalia Jagielska A ...

Cretaceous-tertiary cloud chamber / Niles Eldredge -- Palynological change across the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary on Seymour Island, Antarctica : environmental and depositional factors / Rosemary A.

The Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) mass extinction event, marking the boundary between the Cretaceous and Paleogene periods approximately 66 million years ago, stands as one of the most profound ...

The end-Cretaceous extinction created space in the ecosystem for birds, but also for mammals. Mammals first evolved from ancestors called therapsids during the late Triassic Period. These were tiny ...