When we think of the fish that inhabit the deep blue sea today, it’s easy to forget that they haven’t always been there. The ...

The newest exhibit at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University will give visitors a glimpse into the world millions of years ago. "Life Onto Land: The Devonian" centers around the crucial ...

By Martin McConnell About 380 million years ago during the Late Devonian period, a gigantic, plate-armored fish with a bite force to a T. Rex prowled the waters of what would eventually become Lake ...

Prototaxites taiti may belong to an unknown multicellular lineage. This 26-foot fossil puzzled scientists for over 165 years. Advanced analysis shows it is unlike any plant, animal, or fungus. Did our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. ‘Lungfish’ would have been a common sight in the Devonian ...

Our distant relative figured out how to survive in a dramatically different environment, can you? By the end of the Devonian Period, the land had exploded with plant life and ancient invertebrates.

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ...