What you’ll discover in this article ・The Cambrian oceans were once filled with a diverse range of ancient invertebrates ...

Greater Gondwana supercontinent research published in Science Advances confirms that Gondwana covered 80% of all Earth's ...

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The Cambrian Explosion in which life on Earth underwent massive diversification was likely triggered by eccentricities in Earth’s orbit around our Sun. Or so say the authors of a new paper just ...

Researchers examined fossils of the predatory worm and found a new species that persisted for 25 million years after it was believed to have become extinct. By Jack Tamisiea With a head covered in ...

Around 540 million years ago, the ocean erupted with complex life: Creatures rapidly transformed from simple, soft-bodied, ocean-floor-dwelling animals into bodies we might recognize today—animals ...