Fossils reveal dinosaurs were flourishing in diverse ecosystems right up until the asteroid impact ended their reign.

A site in the San Juan Basin of northwestern New Mexico is providing a rare glimpse into the last days of the dinosaurs. Rocks and fossils at the Naashoibito Member site show an ecosystem that was ...

A newly described dinosaur that appears to have persisted beyond a catastrophic die-off is forcing scientists to rethink how mass extinctions actually play out on the ground. Instead of a clean break ...

Recent fossil discoveries in New Mexico have provided compelling evidence that dinosaurs were thriving just before the asteroid impact that led to their extinction 66 million years ago. These fossils, ...

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Some of their dinosaur-like traits are their bone structure, strong leg muscles for bipedal walking, sharp claws, and the ability to defend themselves by kicking. The Triassic-Jurassic Extinction ...

Newly dated fossils from New Mexico challenge the idea that dinosaurs were in decline—and suggest instead they had formed flourishing communities. Alamosaurus was one of the last dinosaurs from ...

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