Dinosaurs' extinction "re-engineered" Earth's surface, according to new research. The reptiles had such an "immense" impact on the planet that their sudden exit led to wide-scale changes in landscapes ...

This cleared the stage for dinosaurs to take over for the next 135 million years. This extinction was connected with massive volcanic eruptions caused by the breakup of the supercontinent Pangaea. The ...

When the big asteroid hit Mexico 66 million years ago, it set off wildfires, tsunamis and massive clouds of dust that darkened the skies, killed much of Earth’s plant life and triggered a chain of ...

A recent study led by geosciences professor Gerta Keller challenges the most commonly-held belief for the mass-extinction of dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous period 65 million years ago. The ...

One of the most surprising effects of the cascade of changes was...fruit? One of the most surprising effects of the cascade of changes that played out in the wake of dinosaur extinction may have been ...

LAS CRUCES — A geology professor who joined the New Mexico State University faculty this year is the lead author of a new paper addressing a long-standing question about the extinction of dinosaurs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study reveals dinosaurs in New Mexico were thriving just before the asteroid impact that ended their reign, overturning long ...

Everyone knows what a bird is – and pretty much everyone knows what a dinosaur is. But not everyone is aware that birds evolved from dinosaurs approximately 160 million years ago. In fact, birds and ...

Rocks formed immediately before and after non-avian dinosaurs went extinct are strikingly different, and now, tens of millions of years later, scientists think they’ve identified the culprit—and it ...

A site in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico is providing a rare glimpse into the last days of the dinosaurs. Rocks and fossils at the Naashoibito Member site show an ecosystem that was ...