For 165 years, the giant fossil Prototaxites taiti puzzled scientists. Standing 26 feet tall, it may belong to an unknown ...

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—particularly ...

Human beings have existed for 300,000 years and have managed to live in many unstable environments. We've survived ice ages, devastating pandemics and world wars. But how would we fare even further ...

New research reveals a chain of environmental disasters. These took place in what is today's South Africa, during an ancient time period called the Early-Middle Devonian. The crises led to the ...

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.