The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be explained by a worsening fossil record from that time rather than a genuine ...

Dinosaurs were not in decline before the asteroid hit, instead poor fossilisation conditions and unexposed late Cretaceous ...

The team of researchers from the University College London found that on the face value, it appears that the number of ...

A new study suggests that dinosaurs likely weren't in decline before an asteroid wiped them out 66 million years ago; instead ...

About 66 million years ago, an asteroid slammed into the planet, wiping out all non-avian dinosaurs and about 70% of all marine species. But the crater it left behind in the Gulf of Mexico was a ...

Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food ...

Fossils from the late Cretaceous are less likely to be discovered, say researchers, primarily because of fewer locations with ...

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New research suggests the theory that dinosaurs were declining before Chicxulub is the result of a poor (and misleading) ...

The idea that dinosaurs were already in decline before an asteroid wiped most of them out 66 million years ago may be ...

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less ...

Scientists analyzed the fossil record of North America in the 18 million years up to the asteroid impact between 66 and 84 ...