A new study published Wednesday in PLOS One describes two species of lemur-like creatures, the first primate-like animals known to have inhabited the Arctic in the Eocene Epoch.

While Eocene arctic dwellers did not have to deal with extreme temperatures, life in the warm Arctic wasn't without its challenges. Due to the tilt of the Earth's axis, the sun doesn't rise on the ...

Basal primatomorpha colonized Ellesmere Island (Arctic Canada) during the hyperthermal conditions of the early Eocene climatic optimum. PLOS ONE . Vol. 18, January 25, 2023. doi: 10.1371/journal ...

Primates, Beard said, “would be one of the last animals you would predict would show up on an Arctic island,” but using fossils collected by paleontologist Mary R. Dawson in the 1970’s, whom Beard ...

Even in the balmy early Eocene, ... But they don’t make it” to the Arctic. Other absent animals include early hooved mammals called condylarths, as well as Ignacius’s closest relatives.

The Arctic Circle hasn’t always been so, well, arctic. About 52 million years ago, during the early Eocene Epoch, it was still mostly dark for half the year like it is today, but it was quite a ...

Tapirs are often called “living fossils” because they have changed very little since the Eocene Epoch, which was between 56 and 33.9 million years ago.

Genetic studies show there’s still a lot to learn about cross-species mating in the Arctic. ANIMALS Pizzlies, grolars, and narlugas: Why we may soon see more Arctic hybrids ...

Rapid Arctic temperature changes are influencing animal reproductive behavior, according to a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist's study. Warming Arctic could change animal mating schedule ...

Arctic animals are exposed to more diseases It’s been harder for Rode, a polar bear researcher for nearly two decades, to do her job in recent years. Every spring, she and her team would sample ...