Fossils in China show that complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, changing our understanding of how life ...

The assemblage suggests that the ancestors of some of today's animal groups may have arisen before the famed Cambrian ...

For more than a decade, an imposter may have been hiding among the many strange achievements highlighted by the Guinness ...

A Cambrian fossil has been identified as the oldest known member of the chelicerates, a group that includes spiders and ...

A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe. The discovery expands the known diversity of amber-preserved species in the ...

Scientists uncover the truth behind a well-known fossil, Pohlsepia mazonensis, showing the "world's oldest octopus" was not ...

Today, the Sahara Desert is one of the harshest environments in the world, with temperatures reaching a record of 136°F. However, it once looked very different, and around 95 million years ago, it ...

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

Thousands of years ago, an owl’s messy leftovers became prime real estate for some very determined bees. Deep inside a cave ...

A team of international scientists led by researchers from Arizona State University found a set of strange "forgotten" teeth ...

The ocean's depths harbor extraordinary fish that defy conventional biology. From the pressure-adapted blobfish to the ...