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From the first land plants, to the giant armored fish, the Devonian period was a very strange, yet critical, time for life on Earth.

App State geochemist Dr. Sarah Carmichael has been named to The Explorers Club 50, which recognizes those who push the boundaries of exploration.

Massive global volcanism that covered 80% of Venus surface in lava may have been the deciding factor that transformed Venus from a wet and mild world into the suffocating, sulfuric, hellish planet th

Ray-finned fish, the most varied group of creatures with backbones today, were not as severely affected by a global extinction event 360 million years ago

A study by Virginia Tech states that there was a mass extinction that occurred before those previously known and it explains how it occurred.

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.

Earth has experienced five mass extinction events over its 4.5 billion-year history. A sixth mass extinction is underway as a result of human-driven climate change.

Earth has experienced five mass extinction events over its 4.5 billion-year history. A sixth mass extinction is underway as a result of human-driven climate change.

While its relatives were colonizing dry land, Qikiqtania wakei stuck to the waters.

While some fish were evolving to walk on land, Qikiqtania fled back into the water, new fossil evidence shows.