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 ...

When I think about dinosaurs, I usually picture the big ones. I think of triceratops with its pointy horns or apatosaurus with its long, long neck. I asked my friend John Blong if those dinos ever ...

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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: ...

The mass extinction that wiped out the last of the dinosaurs paved the way for humans to inherit the earth, according to paleontologist Hans-Dieter Sues. The reality of bizarre dinosaurs can be ...

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An image of University of Maryland geologist Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. holding a baby crocodile, one of the closest living analogs for dinosaurs. Similar to their dinosaur predecessors, crocodiles guard ...

Regina Barber and Rachel Carlson of Short Wave talk about humans' unique breathing patterns, how a hotter planet worsens droughts, and the diets of dinosaurs. It is time, once again, for our science ...