Page 7 - Devonian Period News Today

Soak up September’s still-warm lakes and sunny days by exploring Northern Michigan’s eastern shoreline on Lake Huron from Oscoda to Rogers City.

Perth/Adelaide, Sept 18: In the limestone ranges of Western Australia’s Kimberley region, near the town of Fitzroy Crossing, you’ll find one of the world’s best-preserved ancient reef complexes. Here lie the remnants of myriad prehistoric marine animals, including placoderms, a prehistoric class of fish that represents some of our earliest jawed ancestors. Placoderms were the rulers of the ancient seas, rivers and lakes. They were the most abundant and diverse fishes of the Dev...

A study by Trinity College Dublin reveals a slowing of continental plates was the critical event that enabled magma to rise to the Earths surface and deliver devastating knock-on impacts.

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Visitors to the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex in Moundsville can enjoy a variety of programs and exhibits in September.

Primitive plants transformed what was once a Mars-like planet of barren rock into a world of life growing in organic-rich soils.

A new hotel development called "The Devonian" is coming to the Portland neighborhood from developer Gill Holland.

Studied by researchers from Binghamton University and around the world, the Cairo fossil forest has been diligently shielded from view to protect it from fossil hunters and potential damage. That may someday change.

With the help of research on ancient lungfish fossils, which filled in a gap in the history of land-living, four-legged creatures on earth, the evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been rewinded by more than 400 million years.

Get latest articles and stories on Science at LatestLY. With the help of research on ancient lungfish fossils, which filled in a gap in the history of land-living, four-legged creatures on earth, the evolution of the brain and nervous system in animals has been rewinded by more than 400 million years. Science News | Study Discovers Brain Evolution of Lungfishes.

Heres the science behind petrified wood, including what it is, how long it takes to form and whether its useful in the research world.