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.

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Explore the world of 345-290 million years ago – when giant millipedes were one of the largest terrestrial species on Earth!

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.

What's as big as an alligator, with the body of a millipede, the head of a centipede and the eyestalks of a crab? That would be Arthropleura, believed to be the largest bug to ever exist. But fear not ...

De Agostini Picture Library via Getty Images In the oxygen-rich air of the Carboniferous period, between roughly 300 million and 360 million years ago, some animals swelled to monstrous sizes.

In the event, no others were published. As the first monographic treatment of Carboniferous trilobites from Britain and Ireland, it has remained a standard work. Thirty-one species distributed among ...

Remipedes emerged 300 million years ago and give scientists a rare look at life in the Carboniferous period—tens of millions of years before dinosaurs appeared. With slender, segmented bodies ...

Beneath your feet lies one of Cardiff's most closely-guarded secrets: an extensive network of underground caves, arguably the ...

A fossil enthusiast recently discovered a fossilized tooth dating back 270 million years from a petalodont (petal-toothed) ...

Concrete is Earth’s second-most-used material behind water, creating about four times more CO2 emissions than planes. Some companies are trying to revolutionize the industry.

We are looking forward to engaging with Shell and Dana as we work through the customary post-well analysis and preparation of ...