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Wiping out the dinosaurs let countless flowers bloom
While more work is needed to determine how angiosperms survived one of the deadliest extinctions in Earth’s history, the researchers posit that their...
Dinosaurs started out hot-blooded, then some turned cold
Researchers in the past had suggested that if any dinosaurs had lower metabolisms, it would have been the giant, lumbering herbivores.
Witness to world’s sixth mass extinction
Humans are witnessing the start of the first mass extinction in 65 mn years. What does biodiversity loss mean for us and the environment?
Avenge the dinosaurs, Musk tells NASA
Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday said that NASA's asteroid defence mission will avenge the wipe out of dinosaurs from the face of Earth.
When sharks almost went the way of the dinosaurs
Extinctions that obliterate wide swaths of life have reshaped Earth’s history. Typically triggered by an enormous environmental change — like an...
Decolonising the hunt for dinosaurs, other fossils
In 2019, Mohamad Bazzi, a doctoral student at Uppsala University in Sweden, launched an expedition to Tunisia in search of fossils.
Chronicling Catastrophes: Did the dinosaur-killing impactor have a...
In one searing apocalyptic moment 66 million years ago, Earth was transformed from a lush haven into a nightmare world with a fiery wound that bled...