The Jiangchuan Biota indicates that we may have misjudged the Cambrian “explosion” of complex life.

A sweeping genetic study of over 150 species reveals that life’s move from water to land was not a single story, but a series ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Animals have always shared our planet, our homes, and sometimes even our emotions. While humans often see themselves as more intelligent beings, animals possess qualities that remind us of what truly ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures ...