In New Brunswick, Canada, researchers discovered fossils of a prehistoric tree from the Early Carboniferous period. Evidence of the alien-like tree was first unearthed in a quarry in 2017.

The Pennsylvanian might make up a hefty chunk of one of Earth’s most important periods, the Carboniferous, but we know relatively little about the land ecosystems that existed in its earliest days.

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.

The fossil tree on the Museum's east lawn is thought to have been in its current position since the 1970s, but it's been part of the collection since 1873. A large petrified tree that lived around 330 ...

Rare evidence about the lives of an ancient group of arthropods has been uncovered in the U.S. The findings of the study are ...

The Joggins Fossil Cliffs, a 689 ha palaeontological site along the coast of Nova Scotia (eastern Canada), have been described as the “coal age Galápagos” due to their wealth of fossils from the ...

Finding any fossil, let alone fossilized remains that are hundreds of millions of years old, always gives a glimpse into the very incredible past of our Earth. Among these, an uncovering of ...

Carboniferous of Europe, a swampy palaeoenvironmental setting with tree-like Lepidodendron (lycopsids) forming a dense forest. Also shown is stem of a giant horsetail -- calamites (the one growing ...

In the depths of the world's longest cave, researchers have uncovered the fossilized remains of a 340-million-year-old shark. This small predator, named Clavusodens mcginnisi, intrigues with its ...