The Carboniferous Period, which lasted from around 359 to 299 million years ago, was a time of dense swamp forests, giant insects, and elevated oxygen levels in the atmosphere.

The beautiful, fade-resistant dye produced by these snails thus played an important role in the recognition of social hierarchies in early Western civilization. Globalization: Giant African Land Snail ...

The 300 million-year-old fossil is so complete that the team at Ohio State University can make out the veins on its wings and the bumps on its body. The roach lived during the Carboniferous period, ...

VERDICT: TRUE This giant insect scenario was once a reality on Earth. Fossils show that giant dragonflies and huge cockroaches were common during the Carboniferous period or the late Paleozoic Era.

Around 300 million years ago, long before dinosaurs ruled the Earth, the Carboniferous period teemed with strange and giant life forms.

When we talk about prehistoric life, dinosaurs usually get all the attention. But the truth is, long before they came along, Earth was already home to some truly fascinating creatures. These early ...

The Carboniferous Period Forest scene from Carboniferous period. Image by Andrew via DallE The Carboniferous period, spanning from approximately 358 to 298 million years ago, was a unique time in ...

Discovering an interesting fossil, researchers first thought that cockroaches appeared in the Carboniferous Period 300 million years ago, long before the dinosaurs. New science proved that what ...

Could you make it in the swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period? The swamps of the Late Carboniferous Period teemed with giant insects, but it’s time for the amniotes - the ancestors of all ...