The fossilized organisms of the Cambrian period some 500 million years ago are both alien and familiar. A few of them look a lot like the creatures around us today. But even some that don’t look at ...

Its size is "absolutely mind-boggling," said the scientist who described the fossil. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A creature ...

What does it take for soft-bodied animals, built to rot not to rock, to persist for 500 million years in the Grand Canyon?

The origins of complex, multicellular animal life remain somewhat obscure. It appears to have accompanied the rise of oxygen levels over 600 million years ago, but the first animals generally had soft ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A newfound fossil site in China is teeming with bizarre, primitive species that have never before ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Fossils can help us peer deep into the planet’s past. But that ...

Beginning around 542 million years ago, a profusion of animals with shells and skeletons began to appear in the fossil record. So many life forms appeared during this time that it is often referred to ...

Even though school’s out, kids can still keep learning at the Cambrian Library’s summer science program. They’ll get to explore a spectrum of scientific theories and conduct experiments with the help ...

A crustacean with 3,000 lenses in its eyes, 6-foot-long shrimplike creatures and organisms that looked like tulips emerged hastily (from an evolutionary perspective) on the scene some 520 million to ...

The quest to discover what drove one of the most important evolutionary events in the history of life on Earth has taken a new, fascinating twist. The quest to discover what drove one of the most ...

Learn more about a time period marked by an intense burst of evolution. 3 min read The Cambrian period, part of the Paleozoic era, produced the most intense burst of evolution ever known. The Cambrian ...

What does a music teacher do when he ends up teaching science? He teaches about evolution and the geologic timeline with music, of course, and that’s what Canadian elementary school teacher John ...