A new study reveals that vegetation shifts—triggered by global cooling and paleogeographic change—also accelerated major climate changes during the Late Miocene, creating a feedback loop.

Back to the Miocene: What the climate 13.8 million years ago could tell us about our future world Scientists look to the Miocene for clues of what we might expect from global heating caused by ...

A Miocene whale fossil, including skull and vertebrae, was discovered on California’s Gaviota Coast and excavated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

Since the flat was discovered, paleontologists have catalogued more than 2,000 fossils from the Miocene, an epoch that stretches from 23 to 5 million years ago.

Miocene period fossil forest of Wataria found in Japan. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 07 / 230721113246.htm ...

A study provides insights into the locomotion of the late Miocene hominoid Oreopithecus bambolii. The skeleton of O. bambolii, a hominoid from Europe dating from 8.3 to 6.7 million years ago in ...

Dozens of animals died of starvation, dehydration and miring in the dwindling watering hole over three separate periods of drought in the late Miocene, according to new research published in the ...

This biosphere reserve in southeastern Alaska consists of two units, Glacier Bay and Admiralty Island. Glacial advance and retreat that have been occurring since the mid Miocene shaped the landscape ...

Antarctic Drilling Provides Climate Clues From Middle Miocene. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 14, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2007 / 11 / 071128074937.htm ...

About 2,000 well-preserved fossils tell researchers about the Miocene, a little-understood but pivotal time period in Australia's natural history.