The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang." ...

The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where ...

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the ...

Every mammal, every fish, every vertebrate (creatures that have a spine) has two eyes. It’s been that way for millions and ...

The curious minds at What If imagine what life would be like if you lived during the Cambrian period, revealing primitive ...

How did soft-bodied organisms remain intact for millions of years?

Scientists discovered well-preserved marine fossils in southern China, uncovering a thriving deep-water ecosystem after a ...

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

A conference will be held next month showcasing how community marine monitoring is helping us better understand the ...

Koch, who studied vision, thought that by measuring people's brain responses as they looked at special optical illusions, ...