Five 'mass extinctions' have decimated our planet since it was formed - now scientists claim the answers to two could be written in the stars.

J urassic Triasic Permian Penrsylvanian Mis,ippian Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian ... Age of fishes Rise of invertebrates Dominance of trilobites Oldest known fossils Primitive marine ...

With its mouth shaped like a pineapple slice filled with circular rows of sharp teeth and large, compound eyes, this creature hunted trilobites and other small ... was an armored predator of the ...

With its mouth shaped like a pineapple slice filled with circular rows of sharp teeth and large, compound eyes, this creature hunted trilobites and other small ... was an armored predator of the ...

and the end of the Devonian, about 372 million years ago. The former saw 50 percent of all genera and 19 percent of all families become extinct, while the latter killed off some 60 percent of ...

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey. By Richard Kemeny In May 2023, Matteo Santon was filming ...

Scientists tested a device that helped volunteers taste flavors meant to represent distant samples of coffee, lemonade, fried eggs, cake and fish soup. By Veronique Greenwood Imagine you are video ...

Devonian aged, limestone and dolomite reservoirs in the L7 well. Preparatory work for the L7 workover: Excavation of the L7 wellhead and cellar is complete, confirming the integrity of primary and ...