Twelve million years ago, a collision of continental plates in Central Europe gave rise to more than mountain ranges—it birthed Paratethys, the largest lake Earth has ever known. Spanning millions of ...

Scientists have discovered that around 11 million years ago, Europe was home to the largest lake the world has ever seen. Known as Lake Paratethys, it stretched from the Alps all the way to Central ...

The largest lake in Earth’s history is now in the Guinness Book of World Records. The Paratethys—or Lake Paratethys, if you will—and contained 10 times more water than all of Earth’s modern lakes. In ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

For the first time ever, research led by one of Utrecht University's earth scientists—Dr. Dan Palcu—has earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. His fascinating research shows the immense ...

The collections of natural history museums are unique archives of evolution. They allow us to look far into the geological past. Shells of marine snails are particularly common fossils and are well ...

This extinct lake, which played a significant role in the Earth's geological past, has now officially etched itself into the pages of the Guinness Book of World Records. As per reports, the lake was ...

Megalake Paratethys formed 12 million years ago and stretched from the eastern Alps of Europe to what is now Kazakhstan in Central Asia You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

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