Between 252 and 66 million years ago, the ocean underwent a revolution. That's when plankton with calcium carbonate skeletons ...

According to a new study led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and published in the Proceedings of the ...

The buildup of carbonate minerals was an important part of the Mesozoic Marine Revolution, a period of transformation in ...

The ongoing uplift of the Rocky Mountains to the west continued to elevate the land, while global sea levels began to fall as Earth transitioned from the extreme greenhouse conditions of the ...

Knife-toothed reptiles called sebecids went extinct on the mainland 10 million years ago. New fossil evidence puts them on an island 4 million years ago.

To date, at least 44 fossil finds of cicadas have been documented from the Cenozoic era, the period beginning around 66 million years ago. "The cicada we have described as a new genus and species ...

According to the team from this study, only around 44 cicada fossils have been dated from the Cenozoic era beginning about 66 million years ago. “There are only very few fossil [cicada] finds ...

Lanzarote’s volcanoes have inspired locals to make everything from art to wine. A tour of the island reveals the landscape’s ...