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  1. Dinosaur - Extinction Causes, Evidence, & Theory | Britannica

    Dec 22, 2025 · Proposed causes for the extinction of dinosaurs have included everything from disease, heat waves, cold spells, faunal changes, and an asteroid collision during the K–T …

  2. Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event - Wikipedia

    Dinosaurs, as the largest vertebrates, were the first affected by environmental changes, and their diversity declined. At the same time, particulate materials from volcanism cooled and dried …

  3. What killed the dinosaurs? - Natural History Museum

    Find out why most dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the mass extinction.

  4. The Rise and Fall of Dinosaurs, As Explained by Extinction Events

    May 2, 2025 · Dinosaurs finally met their end, but only partially. Many of their descendants—modern birds—are currently threatened by extinction, with hundreds of species …

  5. Dinosaur Extinction: What Really Wiped Them Out?

    Jul 20, 2025 · Scientific evidence reveals a complex story of the dinosaurs’ end, combining long-term planetary stress with a sudden catastrophic event that reshaped life.

  6. Dinosaur extinction facts and information - National Geographic

    Why did the dinosaurs go extinct? Learn about the mass extinction event 66 million years ago and the evidence for what ended the age of the dinosaurs.

  7. How Did Dinosaurs Go Extinct? - DinosaurChill

    Dinosaurs went extinct due to a combination of catastrophic events, with the primary cause being a massive asteroid impact that led to severe environmental changes, including blocked …

  8. The Biggest Scientific Mysteries: How did the dinosaurs go extinct?

    Jun 16, 2025 · The great dinosaurs - and much of Earth's other wildlife - died either immediately after the asteroid impact on the Yucatán Peninsula or because the planet's food chains …

  9. Why Did the Dinosaurs Go Extinct, But Not All Life?

    The extinction of non-avian dinosaurs approximately 66 million years ago resulted from the Chicxulub asteroid impact and its cascading environmental effects—wildfires, tsunamis, …

  10. How and Why Dinosaurs Went Extinct: The Fall of Earth’s …

    Jun 29, 2025 · In this blog, we explore when and why dinosaurs went extinct, how it happened, and which species survived.