Cast your mind back 56 million years. Can’t? Allow us to refresh your memory: it was the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, a ...

A misidentified Diatryma skull from Germany's Geiseltal region was rediscovered, confirming the rare bird's herbivorous nature. About 45 million years ago, a 4.6-foot-tall (1.40 meters) flightless ...

The northeastern gold rush town of Republic caters to fossil-obsessed road-trippers with the only public dig site in the state.

The colossus penguin was probably a good hunter; Because larger penguins are known to be able to hold their breath longer, ...

These fossils offer unique insights into the evolution of animals and the Eocene Epoch around 45 million years ago. At that time, the Geiseltal was a warm, tropical swamp. Ancient horses ...

These fossils offer unique insights into the evolution of animals and the Eocene Epoch around 45 million years ago. At that time, the Geiseltal was a warm, tropical swamp. Ancient horses ...

There is one period of time that we are particularly interested in, this is the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum ... We are collecting and imaging lots of modern and fossil Ginkgo leaves, including ...

The collection also contains older fossil bird specimens from the Eocene, Miocene and Pleistocene. In addition to recently extinct species, like moas and elephant birds the Museum also cares for older ...

and fossil lorises and galagids. During the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene, parts of this area were warm, wet, seasonal forests influenced by monsoons. Several strepsirrhine groups disappear ...

The size and scope of the fossil fish collection continues to increase through donations and fieldwork by Museum staff most recently in Morocco and Oxford. In 2007, a large donation by David Kemp ...