Study: Single Meteorite Impact Killed Dinosaurs
624220
Analysis of ancient sediment taken from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean support the view that the dinosaurs' extinction was caused by a single rogue meteor striking Earth, and not by multiple space rock impacts, a new study finds.
317094
While meteorites are often associated with the extinction of dinosaurs, new evidence suggests the impacts may actually engender new life. Commentary by Carl Zimmer.
507603
Fossilized dinosaurs often have wide-open mouths, heads thrown back and tails that curve toward the head. Paleontologists have long assumed the dinosaurs died in water and the currents drifted the bones into that position, or that rigor mortis or drying muscles, tendons and ligaments contorted the limbs.  &quot;I&#39;m reading this in the literature and thinking, &#39;This doesn&#39;t make any sense to me as a veterinarian,&#39;&quot; said Cynthia Marshall Faux, a veterinarian-turned-paleontologist at the Museum of the Rockies. ...
256751
T-Rex was history before he was even born The dinosaur-busting asteroid that slammed into Earth some 65 million years ago has been traced back to a collision between two monster chunks of rock 160 million years ago, out in the main asteroid belt.â¦
211959
New analysis of bones from an infamous dinosaur long believed to have eaten its own young show that the animal may have been given an undeserved reputation.
278324
Paleontologists say they have discovered the fossil remains of a duck-size dinosaur species, previously unknown to science, that died while catching some z's.
280807
University of New Mexico researchers have identified a 2.9 billion-year-old lunar meteorite, the youngest dated lunar rock.
155433
A computer simulation shows fast-moving fireball amplifies the damage done by a smaller asteroid impact, Sandia National Laboratories researchers conclude.
65128
The mystery of whether dinosaurs were indifferent parents or cared for their young may have been solved by a discovery in China. More than 100 million years ago an adult dinosaur was buried
382953
A re-assessed fossil from a Velociraptor dinosaur suggests the animal was probably covered in feathers.
460838
PITTSBURGH: A geology student on a field trip stumbled across the fossil of an oversized, salamander-like creature with vicious crocodile-like teeth that lived about 300 million years ago, paleontologists said.
27775
The velociraptor, the fierce scaly-skinned dinosaur made popular by the film &quot;Jurassic Park,&quot; actually had feathers, according to a study published Thursday in the journal Science.
722903
A star that exploded about nearly three million years ago left traces of debris    on Earth and might have affected the course of human evolution, a new study    suggests.
600918
For big beasts, dinosaurs like  Tyrannosaurus rex sure had small genomes.
224438
A huge collision in space 160 million years ago set the dinosaurs on the path to extinction, a study claims.
636576
In China, scientists have identified the fossilized remains of a tiny dinosaur in the stomach of a mammal. Scientists say the animal's last meal probably is the first proof that mammals hunted small dinosaurs some 130 million years ago.
634835
Science & environment: Dinosaurs may have been pushed towards extinction by humble insects, not meteorites