Second graders received “Dinosaurs Before Dark” by Mary Pope Osborne, the first book in the Magic Treehouse series. Third graders got “Just Harriet” by Elana K. Arnold and fourth graders ...

A new study challenges the idea that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact. Researchers at UCL Earth Sciences examined thousands of fossils. They found fewer accessible rocks from ...

Dinosaurs weren't in decline when an asteroid smashed into Earth and wiped them out, scientists say. Instead, the idea that dinosaur diversity was declining before the asteroid struck 66 million ...

A new study challenges the belief that dinosaurs were declining before the asteroid impact that ended their reign. Analysing 18 million years of fossil data, researchers argue that apparent drops ...

Less controversial, though, is the long-held belief that dinosaurs were struggling long before an external influence rendered them extinct. Fossil evidence has previously suggested that a majority ...

The new analysis, published Tuesday in the journal Current Biology, adds to a growing body of evidence that the dinosaurs were doing just fine before the asteroid’s deadly impact. However ...

The extinction of dinosaurs remains one of the greatest topics in natural history. A new study challenges the idea that they were already weakened before the devastating impact. The study is based on ...

Paleontologists have long questioned the state of dinosaur life before the mass extinction ... Could different conditions have allowed dinosaurs to withstand the asteroid’s impact?

“It’s been a subject of debate for more than 30 years. Were dinosaurs doomed and already on their way out before the asteroid hit?” lead author Chris Dean, Research Fellow in Paleontology at ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) The perceived decline of dinosaurs before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago may be due to a poor fossil record rather than an actual decrease in species ...