This video explores the fascinating story of Dunkleosteus, one of the first true apex predators to dominate Earth’s ancient ...

The planet's trees have seen plenty of history pass by their trunks. In fact, they began to populate Earth 385 million years ago, toward the end of the Devonian period. Considered living historical ...

For a fun-packed adventure on the trail of erstwhile titans – dinosaurs, arthropods and other behemoths – we pick five great spots ...

The emergence of four-legged animals known as tetrapods was a key step in the evolution of many species today – including humans. Our new discovery, published today in Nature, details ancient fossil ...

The Devonian is a geologic period of the Paleozoic Era spanning approximately 419 to 359 million years ago, defined chronostratigraphically by its base at the first appearance of the conodont Ireviken ...

We report on the pioneering discovery of Devonian fish remains in the Paraná Basin, which represents the southernmost record of fishes from that period in mainland South America. The material comes ...

Imagine Earth 360 million years ago: towering mountains near the equator, lush landscapes dotted with early plants, oceans teeming with life. It was the Late Devonian period – a time of dramatic ...

A mysterious 26-foot (8m) tower from Earth’s deep past has been reclassified as something far stranger than a “giant fungus” or an early tree. Researchers studying exquisitely preserved Scottish ...

Loren E. Babcock, Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University, introduces research on Cladoselache, a puzzling ancient shark-like fish The Devonian Period, ~420 to 359 ...

About 360 million years ago, the shallow sea above present-day Cleveland was home to a fearsome apex predator: Dunkleosteus terrelli. This 14-foot armored fish ruled the Late Devonian seas with ...

Before there were dinosaurs, before trees covered the land, fish were already hard at work shaping Earth’s future. They did this with a single powerful innovation: jaws. Jaws weren’t just for biting.