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Researchers measured the body temperature of T. rex through isotope analysis of teeth, finding it to be around 36°C, similar to modern elephants.
A new study suggests that the dust cloud from the Chicxulub impact superheated the upper atmosphere, charbroiling dinosaurs and igniting widespread wildfires, explaining the mass extinction 66 million years ago.
A Scientific American article explores why birds were the only dinosaurs to survive the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event 66 million years ago, explaining that their survival came down to circumstance—where they lived and their biological features—rather than any inherent superiority.