The Mesozoic Era extinctions formed the world as we know it today. Read about what caused them and which animals survived.

Mixodectes belonged to an extinct family known as mixodectids and lived during the Paleocene epoch. This geological epoch followed the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event that killed off non-avian ...

Some 66 million years after the Chicxulub asteroid impact kickstarted the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K-T) extinction, scientists are still finding stunning evidence of its destruction. In 2021 ...

Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food ...

The so-called Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction (or K-Pg extinction ... were eradicated by the end of this extinction event.

need to be considered together when studying and modeling the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event. The main eruption phases for the Deccan Traps (in brown), which were once three times larger ...

This is commonly referred to as the "Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event" (try saying that four times fast!). This theory was first made by the geologist Walter Alvarez and his father Luis ...

Today’s extinction rates are sky-high ... creatures are buried beneath a conspicuous layer of sediment or rock that geologists call the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) boundary. The layer is typically ...