Scientists are narrowing down the type of space rock that caused the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period, and ...

Discovered in Montana in 2016, the cherry-size coprolite contains feathers, bones and evidence of the bird's last meal before ...

It’s the only example of a dinosaur-era feather found within rock that wasn’t completely flattened through the centuries.

A dinosaur ate a bird around 66 million years ago, and its dung preserved the best example of a feather ever found from the ...

Learn how feathers in dinosaur poop from the Hell Creek Formation could help explain why some birds survived the mass ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo taken on July 10, 2024 shows part of an Apatosaurus' dinosaur skeleton at the Dampierre-en-Yvelines castle in France ...

Earth has a flair for dramatic resets, though it usually takes millions of years to deliver them. Over its long history, life has been knocked back by volcanic eruptions, climate swings, changing seas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A skeleton of a Dodo. - Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP Humans have wiped out hundreds of species — with many more on the brink or ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. Sep 15, 2024, 02:57pm EDT Sep 15, 2024, 03:21pm EDT The early ...

The greatest mass extinction of all time was triggered by climatic conditions that are beginning to reappear today, scientists warn. The small, plant-eating Lystrosaurus thrived post-extinction, while ...

A RUDN University mathematician and a colleague developed a theoretical model of mass extinction. The model for the first time took into account two important factors—the inverse effect of vegetation ...