Aside from supercontinent formations, North and South America were unconnected up until several million years ago; then a tiny slat of land linked the continents, triggering impacts that affected the ...

The Isthmus of Panama formed three million years, scientists have found out. This contradicts recent studies that pushed this date back to millions of years before. The Isthmus of Panama – the narrow ...

"Panama's Animal Highway" premiers on the Smithsonian Channel, December 13 at 8 p.m. ET/PT. © Karl Kaufmann/Panama Audubon Society "Panama's Animal Highway" premiers ...

(MENAFN- Newsroom Panama) Twenty million years ago ocean covered the area where Panama is today. There was a gap between the continents of North and South America through which the waters of the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Contrary to previous evidence, a new University of Florida study shows the Isthmus of Panama was most likely formed by a Central American Peninsula colliding slowly with the ...

Studying the impact of the environment on animal evolution is no easy task, as most animals reproduce slowly and exhibit complex behaviors. However, microbiologists have an advantage: Bacteria ...

The land mass that connects North and South America formed millions of years earlier than thought, with the process taking place in pulses that altered the biological expansion that followed. The ...

Through advanced isotopic analyses, Rodnyel Arosemena seeks to understand how fish in the Caribbean and the Pacific that had a common ancestor take advantage of the resources of their different ...