Modern map of the Earth’s tectonic plates ... The study notes gaps in environmental data for key regions like the Arabian Peninsula during the early Miocene period, which restricts understanding of ...

The Miocene period dates from 23 to 5 million years ago. A 1,500-pound whale fossil was found along the Gaviota Coast. The Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History says the fossil is unique for how ...

Today, scientists call this the Messinian Salinity Crisis: in the dying days of the Miocene epoch, most of the Mediterranean died. But if, on a certain day about 5.3 million years ago ...

About 12 million years ago during the Miocene Epoch, the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted and covered much of North America in ash. Around a watering hole that eventually became Nebraska’s ...

The space-based observatory will scan the cosmos in 102 colors we can't see to unlock the secret history of the universe.

According to Oceanographic Magazine, the fossilized shark teeth on the beach are estimated to be between 2 to 35 million years old spanning the Pliocene to Miocene Epoch. Beachgoers packed the ...