More than 300 million years ago, during the Carboniferous Period, much of northern Illinois outside Chicago—including what is ...

Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real ...

Earth’s oldest rocks may be at least 4.16 billion years old An unconventional dating method aims to settle a dispute over the age of some Canadian rocks ...

Earth Science Ancient Rocks in Canada Are Almost as Old as the Earth Itself Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Studies describing its tetrapods and actinopterygians have showed the persistence of Devonian-style forms in the Carboniferous Period.

The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of all reptiles, birds, and mammals to come - to earn the title of Fully ...

The oldest terrestrial snail fossils belong to the species Protocarychium mirum and Protocarychium arcidentata from the Late Carboniferous period between 350 and 300 million years ago.

The ramifications are significant: Earth’s core, once thought inaccessible, is ejected in small amounts up towards the surface during volcanic eruptions.

The latest findings suggest that amniotes also existed in the early Carboniferous period, around 355 million years ago.

Fossil records of crown-group amniotes – the group that includes mammals, birds and reptiles – begin in the Late Carboniferous period (about 318 million years old), while previously the ...

Then, in the Carboniferous Period that followed, fully terrestrial creatures like amphibians and reptiles began to diversify. These would eventually give rise to dinosaurs, birds, and mammals.