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.
For 170 years, most of what we've known of the largest bug to ever live on Earth came from discarded headless casings with far too many legs. Well-preserved fossils from France have now finally ...
The team analyzed heads that belonged to two juvenile creatures who were only around 3 cm (1 inch) long. But oxygen levels in the Carboniferous were higher than today, allowing arthropods like ...
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Bishop Auckland Town Hall will play host to Carboniferous Monsters, an exhibition showcasing dinosaurs' distant ancestors. It will be shown alongside Newcastle University student Sarah March's Two ...
Durham University's 10-hectare Botanic Garden is set amongst beautiful mature woodlands on the southern outskirts of Durham city. Open to the public, the Botanic Garden offers a wide variety of ...