This time period took place 359 to 299 million years ago. 3 min read The Carboniferous period, part of the late Paleozoic era, takes its name from large underground coal deposits that date to it.

I write about the world of biology. A captivating new species of arachnid from the late Carboniferous period is introduced in a new ... [+] article published in the Journal of Paleontology.

Imagine 8-foot-long millipedes scooting across the ground in search of rotting plants. While that thought may make your skin crawl, the creatures you have conjured did exist. That is the arthropleura, ...

Still, the continued presence of these reef-building organisms in the late Carboniferous suggests that they adapted to new ...

The class of animals that we refer to as “reptiles” or “reptilia” came into existence in the late Carboniferous period, around 320 million years ago. At present, there are around 12,000 ...