In a first-of-its-kind study, Stanford researchers have measured how the abundance of ocean life has changed over the past ...

Shell-rich rocks trace a mostly upward climb in ocean life, with each mass extinction slashing both diversity and biomass ...

Biomass reveals the real impact and energy flow of life in an ecosystem, like knowing not just the cast of a play, but who ...

The Late Devonian represents a critical interval in Earth’s history, marked by a profound restructuring of marine biodiversity and a series of mass extinction events. This period witnessed ...

The cause of one of the world's biggest-ever extinctions might have been found - and it's something that could happen again if climate change isn't addressed, scientists say. Around 359 million ...

The Devonian Period, spanning approximately 419–359 million years ago, represents a pivotal phase in South America’s deep-time history. Fossiliferous formations across the continent ...

A changing climate could shift spring’s arrival, causing frogs to emerge too early or too late to sustain hungry fish owl chicks, says wildlife biologist Jonathan C. Slaght, the Wildlife ...

Extinct sharks that would look great in a Jaws or Jurassic World movie Cladoselache, the first shark Cladoselache fyleri is an extinct shark from the Late Devonian period.