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

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 ...

The mid-Pliocene epoch, when Arctic camels thrived, featured CO₂ levels and global temperatures similar to those projected for the coming decades under moderate climate change scenarios. By studying ...

Does This Photo Show A Cougar Submerged In Sediment Beginning Its Fossilization Journey? The image has gone viral time and again, so we spoke to the photographer.

Kyptoceras amatorum n.g. et sp. is described from the Upper Bone Valley Formation, late Hemphillian (early Pliocene) of Polk County, Florida. In the male skull the forked rostral horn lacks a shaft ...

Thus, the mid-Pliocene is regarded as a potential analog for the future. However, what the mid-Pliocene epoch can teach us about future seasonal march of East Asian summer monsoon rainband remains ...

Discover 10 incredible extinct creatures that once ruled Earthfrom the massive Megalodon to the mighty Woolly Mammothand shaped our planets history ...

The discovery of this fossil offers a rare window into the ancient marine ecosystems of the Pliocene Epoch. During this period, the world’s oceans were rich with a diversity of marine life ...

Over 50 Unknown Species Found In "Pristine" Marine Ecosystems Near Rapa Nui Some of the critters don't look too pleased they were discovered.

This species, however, only had tusks, and likely thrived during the early Pliocene epoch about 4.9 million years ago.

Based on the fossils’ location in layers of earth that build up over time, they suspect both cats lived around 5 million years ago, during the early Pliocene Epoch. That means the sabre-tooths ...