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 ...

From delicate dandelions to mighty oak trees, millions of plants use seeds to reproduce. But where did the first seeds come ...

They hail from the Devonian Period (359 million years to 419 million years ago), which represents a hinge where evolution differentiates the oldest known coelacanths with their two remaining living ...

"We can't get a fossil to move, so we're using robots to simulate their anatomy and behavior," says Dr. Michael Ishida.

At that time, known as the Devonian period, the world was changing dramatically ... The move to land was a very gradual process, and the evolution of limbs wasn't a simple adaptation resulting ...

The Carboniferous Period (which began 359 million years ago) is known as the 'golden age of sharks'. An extinction event at the end of the Devonian killed off at least 75% of all species on Earth, ...

The findings throw new light on the evolution of trees ... fossil trees were standing back in the middle part of the Devonian era." Researchers say they also discovered very long, woody roots ...

The oldest echinoids come from the Late Ordovician Period and are approximately 450 million years ... Diversity increased progressively through the Palaeozoic, and in the Devonian forms started to ...