Using synchrotron X-ray CT scans of a fossilized, intact embryo, researchers found evidence that the plant-eating mammal ...

How and why the Cambrian explosion occurred has been the subject of debate ever since fossils of this remarkable event were first discovered. The Cambrian Period, 539 million to 485 million years ago, ...

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Harbour seals 'talk' with their parrot-like brains, 'flaming hot' ice in Uranus and Neptune, Yellowstone's wolves and ravens, ...

A fossil harvestman identified using advanced imaging techniques shows that extinct arachnid lineages once lived in Europe.

Scientists have found evidence that a 300-million-year-old sea creature previously thought to be the world's oldest octopus is actually a nautilus relative.

Previously unseen bacteria have been discovered inside beached pygmy sperm whales, baffling scientists due to their potential ...

An Uber driver in Pennsylvania got an unexpected surprise after finishing his shift -- a live snake left behind in his car.

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

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A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants ...