Asteroid Day reminds us of space rocks' power. Some asteroids hit Earth hard. One exploded over Chelyabinsk in 2013, injuring ...

Yale University ecologists reveal a lizard lineage that rode out the dinosaur-killing asteroid event with unexpected ...

The big sky country of the western North America is a world-renowned dinosaur playground. Household-name dinosaurs like ...

Yucatan's Chicxulub crater marks one of our universe's most momentous historical events: when an asteroid strike killed 75% ...

Roughly 35 million years ago, a massive asteroid slammed into the Atlantic Ocean near what’s now the East Coast. The impact ...

While this Route 66 attraction in Arizona flies under most passersby's radar, it offers an amazing chance to see an impact ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Around 66 million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth, leaving behind a colossal crater in what is now Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. It triggered one of the most devastating extinction ...

The collapse of tropical forests during Earth's most catastrophic extinction event was the primary cause of the prolonged ...

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we ...

Earth lives in a shooting gallery, with small and large rocky bodies in abundance in our solar system. Are we in danger of ...