Researchers have discovered a new genus and species of prehistoric mole in Spain. Vulcanoscaptor ninoti lived during the ...

The Pliocene epoch was a paradise for primates. But that ended 2.6 million years as ice sheets started to expand. ... Of all the exotic animals that Radović studies, ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --New analysis of species' metabolic rates during the mid-Pliocene epoch suggests higher energy expenditures put animals at greater risk of extinction. The findings, published this ...

The megalodon lived during the Pliocene Epoch, which began 5.33 million years ago and ended 2.58 million years ago, and global cooling during that period caused sea level and ecological changes ...

In many ways, the Pliocene epoch was a paradise for primates. ... Of all the exotic animals that Radović studies, these are the most interesting.

This change marked the end of the Pliocene epoch and the start of the Pleistocene, a time of repeated glacial cycles. As these ice ages rolled in and out, some animals and plants spread during the ...

In the last five years, a more complete and detailed picture of the epoch has emerged. The mid-Pliocene was about as warm as climate models predict it will be by 2100, or about 3.6 degrees F (2 ...

Oceanic dead zones restrict the range of animals to the shallow surface ocean where oxygen is more plentiful. ... So they looked to the Pliocene epoch, (5.3 to 2.6 million years ago) ...

As a result, by the late Pliocene epoch, the last of the bone-crushing dogs, including Epicyon haydeni, went extinct. The post The Largest Wolf in History was Twice the Size of a Dire Wolf ...

The Pliocene epoch, which lasted from 5.3 million to 2.6 million years ago, was a consequential time in Earth's history. The Isthmus of Panama formed, connecting North and South America, and the ...

The megalodon lived during the Pliocene Epoch, which began 5.33 million years ago and ended 2.58 million years ago, and global cooling during that period caused sea level and ecological changes ...