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

Three tooth marks on the rib indicate the whale was once severely bitten by a strong-jawed animal. Judging by the 6-centimeter (2.4 inch) spacing between tooth marks, scientists believe the attacker ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...