the factors contributing to extinction events, and the ecological dynamics that shaped the Devonian landscape. One of the key findings in recent studies is the correlation between the evolution of ...

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.

Extraordinary fossil discoveries reveal an important link between plate tectonics and extreme evolutionary changes just like that of a well-preserved 'Devonian coelacanth' fish that was just ...