Across the icy edges of Earth’s northern and southern reaches, life has adapted to thrive in some of the harshest conditions.

The 4.5-acre, 144-foot deep pit and surrounding forest once provided water to prehistoric animals and ... the fossils found so far are from the Pliocene epoch, which ended about 2.6 million ...

The Pliocene epoch saw fluctuations in sea levels that would have affected ... may have also posed a significant reproductive challenge. Large animals often have fewer offspring and longer gestation ...

This fossil dates to the Pliocene Epoch in Hagerman ... forests and grasslands provided excellent habitat for a variety of animals. From fascinating, now-extinct creatures like the saber-toothed ...

During the Miocene and Pliocene epochs, when megalodons roamed the oceans ... placing it in the Middle to Late Miocene epoch when megalodons were at or near their evolutionary peak in terms of size ...

"This is particularly important during the Pliocene epoch, in which global surface temperatures and CO2 levels were higher than present and which is considered analog for current anthropogenic ...

This is the first butterfly fossil from the Early Pleistocene epoch, researchers said ... a global temperatures shifted from the Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene, researchers said.

Before giant waves slammed into Sri Lanka and India coastlines ten days ago, wild and domestic animals seemed to know what was about to happen and fled to safety. According to eyewitness accounts ...

The landforms and ecosystems of the site have been preserved since the Pliocene epoch and present an outstanding example of ongoing biological and ecological evolutionary processes. The site also ...