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

How did soft-bodied organisms remain intact for millions of years?

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

The most famous example of such exquisitely preserved Cambrian fossils is the Burgess Shale of Canada.

The fossils offer a rare glimpse into a cataclysmic event that brought a sudden end to the greatest explosion of life in our ...

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

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

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

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

Studies looking at how sponges have evolved on a molecular level have suggested that spicules should be present over 700 ...