Fossilized tracks from an early reptile are now the oldest known reptilian tracks, meaning the tetrapod ancestor most likely ...

Late Devonian Extinction (about 375-359 million years ago): This extinction happened over a long period and may have been caused by widespread oxygen depletion in oceans.

Earth’s largest mass extinction, often referred to as the “Great Dying,” occurred about 252 million years ago. Massive volcanic eruptions triggered catastrophic climate changes that altered ...

The Ordovician extinction is thought to have killed off about 60 percent of the invertebrate sea creatures at a time when most of Earth's species lived in the ocean; the late Devonian event ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the five major extinction events on Earth so far.

Osaka Metropolitan University scientists discovered that ancient reef-building stromatoporoids survived the Late Devonian extinction, contrary to previous beliefs, and continued to thrive. The ...

Prehistoric Reef-Building Stromatoporoids Survived Mass Extinction, Only to Become Extinct Later On Study shows that ancient reef-building stromatoporoids survived the Late Devonian extinction after ...

The Late Devonian extinction was one of five mass extinction events in Earth history. It significantly affected marine life, causing a decline in the diversity of reef-building organisms. During the ...

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.

Dinosaurs were giant, toothy reptilian creatures that wandered the Earth for millions of years, constantly searching for food ...