A recent study suggests that climate change due to massive volcanic eruptions may have set the stage for the extinction of dinosaurs. Read the article to find out more.
The first 25 million years of the absence of large herbivores have slowed done evolution of new plant species as demonstrated in a new study. Read on to know further details.
Drastic changes in South American forest vegetation occurred, leading to the rise of today's Amazon rainforest when the asteroid that ended the dinosaur age struck the Earth.
There is a meter-deep tectonic fault in Colorado. Scientists suggest that it is a result of the asteroid impact that caused the dinosaur extinction 65 million years ago.