Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of ...

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

Visitors at the Miraculous Life in the Ancient Oceans: Exhibition of Premium Fossils from the Cambrian Chengjiang Biota, held at the Natural History Museum of China in Beijing. WANG QIAN/CHINA ...

The Cambrian period, part of the Paleozoic era, ... The iconic arthropods of the Cambrian were the trilobites, which left a huge number of fossils. Trilobites had flattened, ...

Half a billion years ago, an unusual-looking animal crawled over the sea floor, using tentacles to pick up food particles along the way. Known as Rotadiscus grandis, this animal lived during the ...

Durham University researchers discover Youti yuanshi, a fossil revealing the ancient ancestors of insects and their evolution ...

Researchers have unearthed numerous fossils from the Cambrian period. (Image credit: NPS) Karma Nanglu, a paleontologist at Harvard University who studies Cambrian and Ordovician fossils, told ...

Palaeontologists are helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period. Fossils reveal Odaraia had mandibles. Palaeontologists ...

A new study, led by paleontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period.