After learning about the ancient four-legged whale that reached South America 42.6 million years ago, read about the most bizarre ocean creatures on Earth. Then, discover some of the most ...

Around 40 million years ago, Europe's climate was warmer and more ... and gives us new knowledge about the gnat's distribution on Earth," said Alicja Pełczyńska, a Ph.D. student at the ...

Before it split into the continents we know today, Earth was home to just a single ... at that single-millimeter-per-year rate for 40 million years, and then suddenly speeding up to 20 times ...

A day on Earth was just 23.5 hours long, 70 million years ago. Researchers discovered this by studying the growth rings of ancient mollusk fossils. The findings could tell us more about or planet ...

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago, an ...

Over two hundred fifty million years ago, India, Africa ... the collision of India with Asia we must first look beneath the Earth's surface. The continents are carried by the Earth's tectonic ...