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 ...

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 ...

Extremely detailed Cambrian fossils show that enigmatic skeleton tubes belonged to ancient ancestors of modern jellyfish. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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 ...

AMONG the mysteries of evolution, one of the most profound is what exactly happened at the beginning of the Cambrian period. Before that period, which started 541m years ago and ran on for 56m years, ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Over 500 million years ago, a taco-shaped marine organism named ...

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 ...

An event as simple as the world's first bite may have sparked an ancient "explosion" of life 500 million years ago that led to the rise of the broad groups of animals that are still alive today. A ...

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 ...

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 ...