In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% of all species on Earth were wiped out, including the dinosaurs. Among ...

Evidence for ammonite survival into the Paleogene era is solid, a new study confirms, indicating that these ancient mollusks were well positioned to inherit oceans now cleared of competitors. Yet for ...

Contrary to popular belief, ammonites, ancient marine mollusks, survived the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Now, evidence suggests that some of these spiral-shaped species did manage to persist after all. Recent analysis of ammonite ...

Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have made strides in understanding the formation of central rings in large impact ...

Scientists have long believed that RNA may have been the first molecule capable of storing information and evolving, a concept known as the "RNA First" hypothesis.

Fossils from Denmark suggest ammonites survived the asteroid extinction far longer than believed, raising new questions about how these ancient marine survivors finally disappeared after Earth’s most ...

Where the space rock came from 66 million years ago that crashed and killed the dinosaurs. 66 million years ago a giant space rock crashed into our planet and killed the dinosaurs. In the span of just ...