Human beings have existed for 300,000 years and have managed to live in many unstable environments. We’ve survived ice ages, ...

A recently published study puts forth a new theory that volcanic eruptions combined with widespread ocean detoxification pushed Earth's biology to a tipping point in the Late Devonian era, triggering ...

About 380 million years ago, late in the Devonian Period, the ocean waters that covered what is now Ohio were home to a fish that scientists named Dunkleosteus. The predator was named for David Dunkle ...

Devonian extinction Analysis of a 380-million-year-old crab-like fossil from Western Australia has painted a gruesome picture of the events leading to one of Earth's major mass extinctions. Climate ...

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 ...

During the Devonian period, trees began to populate the Earth. But they also created soil, and the runoff changed the chemistry of the oceans. The evolution of some of the very species that now ...

Paleontologists use ancient marine faunas to test long-term changes in our warming oceans. Members of Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences are shining new light on an enduring mystery -- ...

Some 390 million years ago in the ancient ocean, marine animals began colonizing depths previously uninhabited. New research indicates this underwater migration occurred in response to a permanent ...