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A new study suggests that the advent of fecal pellets during the Cambrian period supplied essential nutrients to deeper ocean waters, potentially supporting the diversification and increased biomass of complex animal life.
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.
The Silurian Hypothesis explores the possibility of detecting an ancient industrial civilization in the geological record, raising questions about deep-time archaeology and planetary-scale signatures.
Sotheby's auction of a rare 67-million-year-old T. rex skeleton named Gus raises concerns that hype and private wealth are sidelining museums and scientific access to important fossils.
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.