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

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

The Cambrian Explosion was a weird time for the creatures of planet Earth. It was a period of impressive change and growth, ...

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

Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation, shifting from a microbe-dominated world to one teeming with animal ...