Asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs triggered ‘megatsunami,’ with mile-high waves. For the first time, scientists were able to simulate the tsunami that struck 66 million years ago.

Scientists think they know the origin of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs German scientists found evidence that the space rock came from the outer limits of our solar system, well beyond ...

WASHINGTON — The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also brought opportunities for new life. Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to ...

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.

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

A catastrophic asteroid impact 66 million years ago wiped out 75% of species on Earth, including the nonavian dinosaurs. (Image credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images) ...

Some 66 million years ago, an errant asteroid wiped out three-quarters of all plant and animal species on Earth, most notably taking down the dinosaurs. That has long been the scientific consensus.

The cataclysmic asteroid Chicxulub hit the Earth with a catastrophic impact, it obliterated the biggest and heaviest living ...

SPACE scientists have traced back the origins of the cataclysmic asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66million years ago. The ruinous rock – thought to be at least six miles wide – li… ...

The event that wiped out the dinosaurs wasn’t all bad. The low-light environment caused by the meteor impact some 66 million years ago favored the spread of fungi that feed on organic matter ...

Small and elusive night lizards probably persisted because they have slow metabolisms and like to hide out in rock crevices, ...