On the final day of the Cretaceous period, some 66 million years ago, Earth was teeming with a dazzling variety of dinosaurs.

Every now and then, an asteroid with the potential to strike Earth hits the headlines – and for good reason, since it is thought to have been a 15km wide asteroid impact that caused the mass ...

Spring is a time for budding flowers, tender green leaves and baby animals. But 66 million years ago, that gentle season instead brought mass death and carnage from Earth's catastrophic impact with a ...