Dinosaurs may have been wiped off because of giant impact near India

October 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - A massive asteroid crashing off the western coast of India, creating the planet's largest known crater 40 km across, may have obliterated dinosaurs 65 million years ago, an Indian American has found. Most of the crater lies submerged on India's continental shelf, in the area known as Bombay High.

October 13th, 2009 Scientist: Dinos trampled after death by own kindSALT LAKE CITY — Paleontologists say analysis of a vast collection of broken dinosaur bones unearthed in southeast Utah indicates they were trampled by other dinosaurs shortly after they died. Brigham Young University scientists have spent years analyzing more than 4,000 bones from a quarry just west of Arches National Park.

October 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have determined that tiny organisms that covered the planet more than 250 million years ago, appear to be a species of ancient fungus which were able to thrive in dead wood during this period because the world's forests had been wiped out. Scientists from Imperial College London and other universities in the UK, USA and The Netherlands, conducted the research.

August 5th, 2009 LONDON - A study by paleontologists has found that the king of dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, was a baby killer that feasted on defenseless young prey. According to a report in The Telegraph, research into the predatory habits and diet of the biggest of the dinosaurs has concluded that T.rex and other members of its carnivorous theropod family preferred to dine on juveniles, preferably small enough to eat whole.

July 9th, 2009 SYDNEY - A US scientist has said that some dinosaurs grew larger than today's elephants because they ate more and used less energy. According to a report in ABC Science, the study suggests two factors, energy expenditure and food intake, influence the size of animals.

July 7th, 2009 LONDON - A new research has determined that due to their huge sizes, dinosaurs were the 'couch potatoes' of the prehistoric world. According to a report in the Telegraph, the research was done by Dr McNab from the University of Florida.

June 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A team of paleontologists has claimed to have discovered the largest carnivorous dinosaur tooth in Spain till date. The features and size of the 9.83cm tooth provide key information needed to identify its former owner.

June 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Dinosaurs, the largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, according to the latest research. Scientists have found that the original statistical model used to calculate dinosaur mass is flawed, which means that dinosaurs have been possibly oversized.

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - Tyrannosaurus rex, the best-known predatory species, may have been far more lithe than previously thought, researchers have discovered. In a new study, boffins have claimed that dinosaurs may have been much lighter and sleeker than earlier believed because of potential flaws in the equations used to calculate their weight, reports The Times.

June 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has suggested that humungous dinosaurs may have offset the consequences of being so large by quick healing of their bones. The study used high-resolution computed tomography (CT) imaging to guide sampling of bone lesions in the vertebrae of a hadrosaur ("duck-billed") dinosaur for histological and isotopic analysis.

May 27th, 2009 LONDON - New findings have suggested that 150 million years ago, giant dinosaurs known as Sauropods, may have held its head higher for much of the time. According to a report by BBC News, by studying the skeletons of living vertebrates, Mike Taylor, from the University of Portsmouth, and his team, reshaped the dinosaur's resting pose.

May 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A geoscientist and her research team from Princeton University have compiled new evidence disproving a popular theory that an asteroid wiped out the dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. Gerta Keller, the scientist in question, whose studies of rock formations at many sites in the United States, Mexico and India have led her to conclude that volcanoes, not a vast meteorite, were the more likely culprits in the demise of the Earth's giant reptiles, is producing new data supporting her claim.

April 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - An asteroid hit which caused the vast Chicxulub crater 65 million years ago, might not have actually wiped out the dinosaurs, along with 65 percent of all species, according to a new study. The crater, discovered in 1978 in northern Yucatan in Mexico, measuring about 180 kilometres in diameter, recorded a massive extra-terrestrial impact.

April 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Scientists have discovered a dinosaur tooth along what's now the Kakanaut River of northeastern Russia, a find that shows dinos once lived above the Arctic Circle. Scientists say the dinosaurs became extinct 65 million years ago when a big meteor crash set off volcanoes galore, with dust and smoke filling up the air.

April 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have challenged the theory that a meteor impact 65 million years back killed off the dinosaurs in a mass extinction event. The crater, caused by the meteor, was discovered in 1978 in northern Yucutan and measured about 180 kilometers (112 miles) in diameter, proof of a massive extra-terrestrial impact.