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

Jan 28 (Reuters) - Scientists have unearthed in southern China fossils of a multitude of marine creatures dating to more than ...

The exceptionally well-preserved fossils shine a light on the mass extinction that brought an end to the "Biological Big Bang ...

Almost a hundred new animal species that survived a mass extinction event half a billion years ago have been discovered in a small quarry in China, scientists revealed Wednesday.However it came to a ...

The missing link in the mystery turned out to be an event called the Cambrian explosion. It was only after it that living organisms started developing hard shells and skeletons.

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

Timeline: The Cambrian Explosion and Animal Diversity Daniel Waters March 2, 2020 Let’s go back 541 million years. Earth was about to throw the most spectacular evolutionary party in history. For ...

Levels of molybdenum in soil show that hydrogen sulfide gas wiped out nearly half of all marine life 530 million years ago.

This early animal behavior changes how we see success in evolution. It wasn’t just about being good on your own; it was about being smart together. These Cambrian groups were the first social networks ...