In the 1800s, miners found beautifully preserved fossils of animals from the Eocene. In 1800s, miners began working in exposed deposits of mud near the town of Messel, Germany.

The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like snout. Even though tapirs live on land, your best bet for finding one ...

The new paper puts this all to rest. Friedman has found fossils of a new species, Heteronectes chaneti in which the position of the eyes was asymmetric, but they remained on opposite sides of the ...

Aug 2 (Reuters) - Move over, blue whale. There is a new contender for the most massive animal in Earth's history. Scientists on Wednesday described fossils of an early whale unearthed in Peru ...

When Antarctica was lush with forests during the Eocene, there was a carnivorous bird that had a curved beak and terrifying claws. The Magazine; Login; Register; ... However, there was a critical ...

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.

The Early Eocene Climatic Optimum (56–48 million years ago) was one of the warmest intervals of the last 66 million years, with mean global surface temperatures over 14°C warmer than present.

The tapir is an unusual animal with a long history. It’s hard to miss, thanks to its stocky body and distinctive trunk-like snout. Even though tapirs live on land, your best bet for finding one ...