4 min read When the Devonian period dawned about 416 million years ... as it spawned a remarkable variety of fish. The most formidable of them were the armored placoderms, a group that first ...

Discover how an ancient fish species, Hyneria udlezinye, may have preyed on the ancestors of humans. Read the full article ...

On the sidewalks of Inverness, remnants of ancient fish from the Devonian period have been spotted by a keen eye. Their discovery casts new light on the geological history of this Scottish region.

Researchers at the University of Cambridge are close to recreating the movements of the world’s first land animals.

Placoderms were the most abundant and diverse group of fish during the Devonian period, which was 419 to 359 million years ago. From small bottom-dwellers to giant predators, placoderms occupied ...

We have arrived in the Devonian period, some 420 to 360 million years ago. In a shallow area near the water's edge, something happened that would forever change life on our planet: a fish from the ...