"It was only after the extinction of the dinosaurs that grapes started taking over the world." Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. The extinction of ...

"Many of them had feathers, [so] they could insulate themselves just like mammals can," Brusatte said. In addition, some ...

On one infamous day in the late Cretaceous period ... bang” of modern bird evolution only after the rest of the dinosaurs died. For years the debate was as contentious as asking whether ...

The Mass Extinction That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs Almost 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth – and changed our planet forever. From tsunamis to shockwaves, join us on a journey through ...

But some scientists say that, slow or not, this repositioning of the world's landmasses was disastrous for dinosaurs ... thousands of feet above present-day sea level strongly suggests that ...

Viewers can learn more about the collision in Dinosaurs: The Final Day when it airs on Friday 15 April, including the amazing finds made at the Tanis fossil site in North Dakota, USA. But how much ...

But then 66 million years ago, over a relatively short time, dinosaurs disappeared completely (except for birds). Many other animals also died out, including pterosaurs, large marine reptiles, and ...

Did dinosaurs lose their dominance suddenly or gradually? Some scientists think the answer lies locked within the remnants of long-dormant volcanoes. Massive beds of ancient lava found around the ...