The Late Devonian period, spanning from approximately 393 to 359 million years ago, is marked by significant changes in biodiversity and several major extinction events. This era witnessed the ...

Late Devonian Extinction (about 375-359 million years ago): This extinction happened over a long period and may have been caused by widespread oxygen depletion in oceans. Around 75% of species ...

Some scientists hypothesize the extinction crisis was driven by changes in ocean chemistry or a cooling climate that caused sea levels to drop as glaciers formed. The late Devonian period was ...

Will modern coral reefs go extinct? The answer is uncertain, but some of their ancient counterparts managed to dodge a bullet ...

The new life burgeoning on land apparently escaped the worst effects of the mass extinction that ended the Devonian. The main victims were marine creatures, with up to 70 percent of species wiped out.