Researchers describe the largest example of a Devonian forest, made up of 250,000 square meters of fossilized lycopsid trees, which was recently discovered in China's Anhui province. The Devonian ...

A team of scientists has unearthed the fossil remnants of a tropical forest on the arctic island of Svalbard, and it could help explain one of the most dramatic climate shifts in Earth’s history. The ...

The discovery of a 390 million-year-old fossilized forest in South West England offers unprecedented insights into Earth's early evolution during the Devonian Period. These ancient trees, identified ...

The oldest fossil forest in Asia which existed between 359m and 419m years ago, has been discovered by scientists. Dating back to the Devonian period, a geological era known as the age of fishes, it ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The Devonian period, which was 419 million to 359 million years ago, is best known for Tiktaalik, the lobe-finned fish that is often portrayed pulling itself onto land. However, the "age of the fishes ...