Imagine a world where dragonflies with wingspans rivaling that of a hawk darted through ancient forests, and millipedes as long as a car slithered across the dense, swampy underbrush. This is not the ...

The Carboniferous period is pivotal in the geological record, marked by intricate stratigraphic sequences and diverse microfossil assemblages that reveal past environmental conditions and tectonic ...

The Carboniferous and Permian periods (358 -- 272 million years ago) were critical intervals in the evolution of life on land. During the Carboniferous Period North America and Europe lay in a ...

The fragmentation of tropical rainforests 300 million years ago helped pave the way for the rise of the dinosaurs, a new study suggests. In the Carboniferous period, North America and Europe lay ...

During the Carboniferous Period, Earth's atmospheric oxygen levels surged, helping some plants and animals grow to gigantic proportions. One notable example was Arthropleura, the biggest bug ever ...

The lush swamp forests of the Carboniferous were gradually replaced by conifers, seed ferns, and other drought-resistant plants. Early reptiles were well placed to capitalize on the new environment.

The article, which expands the knowledge about the characteristics of forest ecosystems in the late Carboniferous period, is signed by the experts Aixa Tosal, Joaquim Pàmies and Carles Martín ...

In the Carboniferous period, North America and Europe lay at the equator and were covered by steamy rainforest.