Rare fossils found along the Colorado River 'give us a fuller picture of what life was like during the Cambrian period,' says ...

The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living ...

After studying rocks more than 541 million years old, MIT scientists have found new evidence that some of Earth’s first ...

An unassuming rock layer in the Grand Canyon just exposed a fossil secret that changes everything we thought we knew.

Dinosaurs ruled the planet between 230 to 66 million years ago, although many other life forms had evolved well before their ...

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

In Earth's fossil record, soft-bodied organisms like jellyfish rarely stand the test of time. What's more, it's hard for any ...

Fossils of tiny, jawless marine animals reveal tooth structures sharper than sharks or steel, forcing scientists to rethink ...

Scientists refine the timeline of sponge origins, showing soft-bodied ancestors likely evolved later than some chemical ...

The Welsh Sheep Genetics Programme (WSGP) is celebrating a period of unparallelled success, demonstrating the role of ...

Charles Darwin worried that the fossil record looked strangely abrupt, with complex animals appearing in a geological instant ...

Exceptionally preserved fossils from the Ediacaran period challenge what scientists thought was possible in sandstone. In the fossil record, creatures without hard shells or skeletons, such as ...