Lichens were already widespread more than 410 million years ago, according to a new international study that identifies a fossil from Brazil as one of the oldest lichen in Earth's history. The team ...

Around 400 million years ago, during a geological era often celebrated by paleontologists as the "Age of Fishes," the global ...

Aug. 18 (UPI) --New research suggests harmful cosmic rays from a nearby supernova might have caused the extinction events that form the boundary between the Devonian-Carboniferous periods. Around 360 ...

New research reveals a chain of environmental disasters. These took place in what is today's South Africa, during an ancient time period called the Early-Middle Devonian. The crises led to the ...

Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery--one that is millions of years in the making. A team of paleontologists led by Professor ...

Flinders University researchers have taken a revealing look inside the head of one of the first animals to crawl from the water to live on land more than 380 million years ago. Using high-tech neutron ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

The Coralville Lake Visitors Center also is getting an update, eventually having an exhibit demonstrating the history of the lake, from the Devonian period to the time the Army Corps of Engineers took ...