Chris Driesbach, left, and a volunteer stand over a whale fossil found along the Gaviota Coast. Driesbach, a geologist and ...

A 16-million-year-old ant, trapped in Dominican amber, sheds light on the evolution of an inconspicuous species. This ...

The research suggests that dirt ants once inhabited the Caribbean islands before vanishing during the Miocene epoch.

Wherever there's dirt there's bound to be ants, but one particular group is so adept at blending in with the ground that they ...

An ancient dirt ant encased in 16-million-year-old amber was unearthed from the Dominican Republic, and it’s the first ...

Discover the geological marvel of Bommayapalayam Canyon, a geo-heritage site revealing centuries of environmental history in ...

Wilson collected specimens from the Eocene Willwood Formation in Wyoming, the Miocene Pawnee Creek Formation in Colorado, and the Eocene/Oligocene White River Group in Colorado. Koerner focused on the ...

Paleontologists have discovered a newly identified fish species in Australia so well-preserved that they could determine its last meal — dating back up to 16 million years to the Miocene Epoch.

In April, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History announced that it had successfully excavated the fossilized remains of a mid-Miocene whale and had relocated the remains to the museum for ...

In April, the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History announced that it had successfully excavated the fossilized remains of a mid-Miocene whale and had relocated the remains to the museum for ...