The woolly mammoth once roamed the vast frozen landscapes of the Cenozoic Era. This video explores the life, dominance, and eventual extinction of one of the most iconic Ice Age creatures.

Our current geologic period, the Cenozoic era or the “Age of Mammals”, began 65Ma with the Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) extinction event. The current ice age, the Quaternary glaciation, ...

What era are we in? Geologists have redefined the present age that human civilization is living in, deciding to call the last 4,200 years the "Meghalayan Age." This new classification will help ...

From the dawn of life in the Archaean Eon through the Mesozoic Era — the so-called “Age of Dinosaurs” -- right up to the end of the most recent Ice Age. Explore Eons Now! Season 7 Season 6 ...

Earth climbed out of its last ice age—the end of Pleistocene epoch—about 13,000 years ago and has been in a warming spell since. Climbing out of that 75,000-year-streak of cold, Earth hit a ...

One important moment in geologic time was the transition from the Mesozoic era to the Cenozoic era ... The Holocene epoch began about 12,000 years ago when Earth began warming after the last ice age.

New research has examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes to mammalian ecosystems and species diversity on the North American continent.

The Museum of World Treasures, 835 E. First St., opens a new exhibit called “Form & Function: Making a Living in the Cenozoic” on Saturday. It’s a permanent exhibit that explores what life ...

The Anthropocene began in 1950s, scientists say The Anthropocene Working Group is proposing a small but deep lake outside of Toronto, Canada — Crawford Lake — to place a historic marker.