Projections of our future under climate change paint a picture of extreme weather and acidified oceans, a world many of today ...

They were found in what is now West Africa, in sedimentary rock formations from the Eocene epoch. This vast ancient sea was home to a diverse range of marine life, including the Palaeophis – the ...

In a nutshell Scientists have discovered a remarkably complete skull of a new prehistoric carnivore species in Egypt’s Fayum ...

The almost complete skull fossil can be found in the Geiseltal Collection. Credit: Uni Halle / Michael Stache These fossils offer unique insights into the evolution of animals and the Eocene Epoch ...

In this valuable study, the authors attempt to reconstruct the evolutionary history of a large and widespread group of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since the early Eocene, based on ...

In this important study, the authors reconstruct the evolutionary history of a large and widespread group of freshwater fishes (Nemacheilidae) across Eurasia since the early Eocene, based on molecular ...

Image source: BBC Imagine the era of giant snakes dominating Earth ... an extinct genus of marine snakes that lived during the Eocene epoch, roughly 56 to 33 million years ago.

Palm phytoliths from the Giraffe Pipe locality, a 48 million-year old Eocene deposit situated in ... and timing of ice formation in the Cenozoic era. By reconstructing these past environments ...

Stonerose Fossils Director Travis Wellman gave presentations about the quarry, where impressions of all sorts of Eocene Epoch flora and fauna have been found, including over 200 genres of insects.

These historic rocks capture the transition from the warm Eocene epoch to the cooler Oligocene epoch, and were also holding onto an exciting discovery. “Just as we were about to conclude our ...