Imagine a world where dinosaurs and humans coexist. A new study is asking this question, as there may just be proof that had an asteroid not hit Earth and caused one of the great extinctions, ...

Sixty-six million years ago, a catastrophic asteroid impact wiped out 75% of Earth’s species, bringing an abrupt end to the reign of the nonavian dinosaurs. The 9-mile-wide (15 km) space rock struck ...

A microbiologist named João Pedro de Magalhães has proposed the idea that the reign of dinosaurs forced mammals to speed up their reproductive cycle, eliminating key longevity genes. de Magalhães ...

At first glance, dinosaur fossils and modern cancer research may seem worlds apart. But a new study suggests that soft tissue preserved for millions of years inside ancient bones could offer valuable ...

It is time, once again, for our science news roundup from Short Wave. That is NPR's science podcast. Reporting this time, Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson. Welcome, you two. RACHEL CARLSON, BYLINE: ...

Millions of years ago when dinosaurs lived on the earth is the way most stories about dinosaurs begin. We have been told that dinosaurs have been gone for more than 65 million years. However recent ...