The extinction of the dinosaurs

The leaf-cutting ants carry plant material to the nest, where it serves as a substrate for the fungus they feed on. Illustration: depositphotos.com. The world's first people weren't humans – they were ants

The world's first farmers weren't humans – they were ants

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About 66 million years ago, long before humans sowed the first field, ants were already growing food, cultivating gardens, dealing with pests, and passing the "crop" from generation to generation. What is the agricultural system?
A color radar image of the Yucatan Peninsula, showing a dark arc marking the rim of the Chicxulub crater.

The day the dinosaur era ended: This is how the disaster spread minute by minute

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First came a blinding flash, a shock wave, and a massive tsunami; then dust, soot, and aerosols covered the sky, halting photosynthesis and toppling food chains. Two researchers recreate what the hours, years, and months were like
Colonies of ants began growing mushrooms when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. This damage caused mass extinction but also created ideal conditions for fungi to flourish. This is how an evolutionary partnership was created that became even closer 27 million years ago and continues to this day. Credit: Don Parsons

Ant farming began 66 million years ago following the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs

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Smithsonian Institution scientists compiled and analyzed an extensive genetic database, and found that some mushroom crops became completely dependent on ants 27 million years ago, a process created 65 million years ago by an event
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was a carbonaceous asteroid

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This asteroid, which led to the extinction of the dinosaurs, came from a C-type asteroid that originated beyond Jupiter, thus ruling out other hypotheses such as volcanic activity or comets
A herd of Triceratops horridus walks in a swamp during the Cretaceous period. Credit Bart Boss

Spielberg was right: triceratops lived together (video)

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A decade-long study shows that five three-horned dinosaurs lived - and died - together, similar to their depiction in Steven Spielberg's Jurassic World
Even in Israel there are various endangered species and some of them are not defined as such in other parts of the world. Southern gerbil. Photo: MimoZig, CC BY-SA 4.0

An act in 29 species that are out of danger of extinction

At a time when animal species are disappearing at an alarming rate, new Australian research gives reason for hope, revealing that 29 native species have fully recovered - thanks to human actions
A shower of asteroid fragments on Earth. Image: depositphotos.com

A large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals - the deadly asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs was not alone

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A large impact crater under the North Atlantic Ocean reveals - the deadly asteroid was not alone
Doomsday of the dinosaurs. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Last Spring of the Dinosaurs: Groundbreaking Study Pinpoints the Season of the Chicxulub Asteroid Collision

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Groundbreaking research confirms the time of year when an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs and 75% of life on Earth
The asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Illustration: Image by K. Kliche from Pixabay

The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs hit at the worst possible angle and therefore caused maximum damage

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The extinction of the dinosaurs. Illustration: shutterstock

The dinosaurs thrived before the asteroid hit wiped them out

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The Earth and the Moon are being bombarded by asteroids at an increased rate. Illustration: shutterstock

The Earth and Moon have had many more asteroid impacts since the age of the dinosaurs

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Flying dinosaurs. Illustration: shutterstock

The asteroid wiped out almost all the birds along with the dinosaurs

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The fall of the asteroid and the extinction of the dinosaurs. Illustration: shutterstock

Why did the dinosaurs become extinct?

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1. Giorgio Pucci, scientific director of the SESAME regional particle accelerator inaugurated in Jordan. Photo: Ruth Loer, Technion Spokesperson.

Dinosaurs, black holes and the regional particle accelerator - at an international conference at the Technion

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An illustration of a Yumac from the Otrichonodont series, which became extinct about 70 million years ago. Source: Oscar Sanisidro, Wikimedia.

Research: Mammals switched to daytime activity immediately after the extinction of the dinosaurs

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Artist's illustration of the asteroid impact that led to the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction, in which the dinosaurs also died out. Source: NASA / Donald E. Davis / Wikimedia.

The rise to greatness of the mammals

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Yutyrannus huali - a feathered dinosaur discovered in China in 2012 and two specimens of the smaller feathered dinosaur Beipiaosaurus. Illustration: Dr. Brian Cho

Debunking six myths about dinosaurs

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Dr Nick Longrich from the Milner Centre for Evolutionary Research. Photo: Anthony Protheroe, University of Bath

The mammals almost went extinct with the dinosaurs

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The celestial body that wiped out the dinosaurs. Illustration: shutterstock

What killed the dinosaurs?

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Image: A toothless chicken may have been the ancestor of modern birds. Illustration: Danielle Dufault

The birds survived the extinction of their dinosaur relatives thanks to the ability to eat seeds

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Earth is bombarded with rocks from space. Illustration: shutterstock

The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs could also have sent rocks full of life from Earth to Mars and Jupiter's moon Europa

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The meteor that exploded in Russia on February 15, 2013 as seen by the Metosat 10 satellite

Opinion/ Meteorite impact and extinction of dinosaurs - we should act to prevent man from a similar fate

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Asteroid impact on Earth. Image: NASA

The consensus around the assertion that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs is getting stronger

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As the sun weakens, cosmic radiation at flight altitude strengthens

A new goal for NASA - to fight asteroids * On Sunday, a conference in Uni

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As the sun weakens, cosmic radiation at flight altitude strengthens

New proof of the existence of the crater created by the fall of the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs

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As the sun weakens, cosmic radiation at flight altitude strengthens

"The Crater of Doom" is only part of the story

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As the sun weakens, cosmic radiation at flight altitude strengthens

A shock that passed through the solar system is responsible for the death of the dinosaurs

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