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

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

Scientists discover 90 new species in Chinese fossils revealing how deep-ocean refuges preserved life after mass extinction ...

Palaeontologists are helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period. Fossils reveal Odaraia had mandibles. Palaeontologists are ...

A new study, led by palaeontologists at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is helping resolve the evolution and ecology of Odaraia, a taco-shaped marine animal that lived during the Cambrian period.

The rich fossil repository known as the Burgess Shale was first discovered a century ago. Siobhan Roberts The fossil-hunting expedition began with a lung-busting hike, accompanied by an incessant ring ...

Cambrian Period creatures known as sea moths seemed alien because of their additional eye, but a study finds anatomical features more in line with modern animals. An artist’s impression of Mosura ...