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, ...

The Holocene began at the end of the last Ice Age, when glaciers started retreating. In that time, humans learned how to farm, built cities, and started launching rockets into space.

When trying to understand the present, it's helpful to look to history. New research from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln examined the fossil record going back 66 million years and tracked changes ...

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.

Part of the Cenozoic Era, ... The entire Quaternary Period, including the present, is referred to as an ice age due to the presence of at least one permanent ice sheet ...

The sudden, widespread glaciation of Antarctica and the associated shift towards colder temperatures at the Eocene/Oligocene boundary (∼34 million years ago) (refs 1–4) is one of the most ...

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 ...

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.