It’s a reminder that more than 350 million years ago, during the Devonian Age of Fishes, Cleveland was covered by a shallow ...

The relationship of limbed vertebrates (tetrapods) to lobe-finned fish (sarcopterygians) is well established, but the origin of major tetrapod features has remained obscure for lack of fossils that ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - When more than 300 billion gallons of floodwater poured over the Coralville Lake spillway in 1993, it washed away several feet of silt, sand, and limestone, revealing ...

Human beings have existed for 300,000 years and have managed to live in many unstable environments. We've survived ice ages, devastating pandemics and world wars. But how would we fare even further ...

On an expedition to Greenland in 1987, this University of Cambridge paleontologist unearthed remains of a creature from the Devonian Period (408-360 million years ago) that skulked around swamps on ...

Learn about the time period that took place 416 to 359 million years ago. 4 min read When the Devonian period dawned about 416 million years ago the planet was changing its appearance. The great ...

Over millions of years, most living organisms suffocated in oxygen-deprived oceans. In the aftermath, modern vertebrates conquered the world. We think of mass extinctions as brief moments of havoc — ...

On the sidewalks of Inverness, remnants of ancient fish from the Devonian period have been spotted by a keen eye. Their discovery casts new light on the geological history of this Scottish region.