Discovered in Australia, the fossils represent a new species that lived during the Miocene epoch and highlight how iron-rich ...

An extraordinary fossil bed in the arid grasslands of the Australian continent, called McGraths Flat, really is the Lagerstätte that keeps on giving.

Millions of years ago, Los Angeles was underwater, a vast prehistoric sea teeming with creatures that largely don't exist ...

“The discovery of the 15 million-year-old freshwater fish fossil offers us an unprecedented opportunity to understand Australia’s ancient ecosystems and the evolution of its fish species, specifically ...

This massive predator is believed to have lived approximately 23 to 3.6 million years ago, during the early Miocene to the end of the Pliocene epochs. With an estimated length of up to 60 feet or more ...

One study using oxygen isotope paleoaltimetry measurements indicates that Everest was already 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) high by the early Miocene, between 23 million and 16 million years ago.

Here is a look at birds' spiritual meanings in folklore, native cultures, and modern beliefs. Symbol of love: In Greek mythology, the sparrow was one of the birds associated with Aphrodite, the ...

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