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

Dinosaurs appear to have been thriving before a giant asteroid hit the Earth 66 million years ago, paleontologists working in ...

The asteroid 66 million years ago that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs hit at a 60-degree angle — ensuring maximum death and destruction.

Dinosaurs weren’t dying out before the asteroid hit—they were thriving in vibrant, diverse habitats across North America.

A groundbreaking study has revealed that dinosaurs in New Mexico were thriving right up until the asteroid impact that led to ...

Fossil evidence from New Mexico shows dinosaurs were still strong, diverse, and thriving before their sudden extinction 66 ...

New findings indicate dinosaurs were flourishing just before the asteroid strike. Fossils from New Mexico show diverse and healthy dinosaur populations. This evidence supports the theory that the ...

Of all the mysteries surrounding dinosaurs, none has sparked more debate than how their era ended—was it a gradual decline or a sudden catastrophe? A new study led by Andrew Flynn of New Mexico State ...

New research indicates that dinosaur populations in North America were thriving just before the asteroid impact 66 million years ago, which triggered their mass extinction.

This illustration provided by researchers in October 2025 depicts an Alamosaurus sanjuanensis in southern North America as an asteroid hits the Earth 66 million years ago, causing mass extinction.