Did Earth’s major diversification event really happen in one sudden explosion? Our fossil discovery suggests not.

A major international effort to document Japan's deep-ocean life has confirmed the discovery of 38 new species, following a ...

RAVE to my friend who was waiting for the bus in the pouring rain the other day. While looking down, he saw a lowly worm about to venture farther into the street where its demise from traffic was a ...

Scientists have identified more than 110 new species discovered deep underwater beyond the edges of Australia's Great Barrier ...

Vinegar eel "flash mob" caught under the microscope! Researchers were stunned when they measured the force of the roiling ...

The complete absence of these creatures in later strata suggest they might have vanished in a mass-extinction event that ...

A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on ...

The fossil site revealed a diverse community of Ediacaran organisms — both new, undescribed animal forms and groups known ...

There are plenty of creatures out there with only one opening to handle both taking in food and getting rid of waste. But ...

More than 110 new fish and invertebrate species are discovered during a CSIRO voyage in the deep Coral Sea.