Paleontologists say that the carnivorous dinosaur belongs to the Herrerasauridae family and walked on Earth during the Triassic Period. During this time, all continents were one, also known as Pangea.

Exactly what factors are to blame for wiping out 75% of life on Earth, including the dinosaurs, and ushering the end of the Cretaceous period have long been debated. However, the most widely ...

The 66 million year-old impact crater is the site where a massive asteroid struck the Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs and about three quarters of all life on Earth. But new evidence shows that it ...

Dinosaurs roamed Earth for millions of years, during a major geologic era known as the Mesozoic. Fossils, scientific discoveries and tireless research efforts have gradually unveiled the mesmerizing ...

Absent this disaster, dinosaurs might still dominate today. "Dinos dominated Earth and were doing just fine when the meteorite hit," Claeys said. "Without the impact, my guess is that mammals ...

And the more Qvarnstrom has looked at them, the more he's realized they may hold the key to understanding how dinosaurs came to rule the Earth. It all started a few years ago when he and his ...

These distant relatives also survived the catastrophic extinction event that was triggered by the asteroid that hit the Earth and wiped out non-avian dinosaurs, according to a study published June ...

Credit: Mark Garlick / Science Photo Library / Getty Images For two particularly harsh years after the dinosaur-killing asteroid slammed into Earth, the world darkened and temperatures plummeted.

The creator of the critically acclaimed BBC natural history series Walking with Dinosaurs has landed a new eight-part docuseries at NBC. The broadcast network has ordered Surviving Earth that ...

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