Carboniferous coal was produced by bark-bearing trees that grew in vast lowland swamp forests. Vegetation included giant club mosses, tree ferns, great horsetails, and towering trees with strap ...

Imagine a world where giant insects and bizarre creatures ruled the land—a world steamy, lush, and alien, teeming with life ...

The fossil tree, Pitys withamii, lived during the Carboniferous Period, which lasted from around 359 to 299 million years ago. Many of the coal beds that Britain came to rely on formed at this time, ...

Plants flourished even before dinosaurs roamed the planet. In the Carboniferous Period, 359 to 299 million years ago, plants grew in swampy, green bogs that over time became the coal deposits we use ...