What can an ancient supernova teach scientists about Earth and celestial objects? This is what a study recently published in ...

Scientists are observing a new ocean forming in Africa's Afar region, a unique geological hotspot. Early magnetic surveys ...

New findings have revealed that a supernova struck Earth 10 million years ago, and the evidence lies at the bottom of the sea ...

Great white sharks have long stood in our collective imagination as the ultimate predator in our oceans. These sizable sharks ...

Minerals from a cave in Greenland reveal that the Arctic was warm and had no permafrost, with CO₂ levels similar to today's.

An analysis of marine fossils from the Upper Miocene Chagres Formation in Panama, most belonging to the Myctophidae family, ...

Roughly 6.2 million years ago, the Red Sea—today one of the world’s most strategically vital marine passages—underwent a transformation so extreme that it vanished completely. The basin, once filled ...

PARADISE — For years, PG&E has used a portion of the upper Miocene Canal for the purpose of taking measurements, but with a recent action by the Butte County Board of Supervisors, at the company’s ...

Timeline of atmospheric CO₂ evolution, faunal turnover, and topographic uplift during the Miocene, providing a contextual framework for interpreting ecological and climate model results. (A) ...

The fossil offers remarkable insight into the morphology and behavior of ancient porpoises, providing clues about how these marine mammals moved, swam, and hunted. Paleontologist Mario Gamarra noted ...

The vegetation in northern high latitudes was likely dense forest before cooling temperatures transformed it into grassland during the Late Miocene —a shift that further accelerated global cooling.

The Late Miocene and Early Pliocene were characterized by widespread oxygen depletion in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, coinciding with the “Late Miocene–Early Pliocene Biogenic Bloom” (LMBB). In the ...