Researchers have uncovered a remarkable fossil site in a remote part of Canada's Northwest Territories, offering ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Just what are prehistoric aliens? Simon Darroch from the Department of Paleobiology introduces us to the Ediacaran biota of Southern Namibia.

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How Did These Strange, Ancient Organisms Turn into Such Remarkable Fossils? New Research in Geology reveals why the 570-million-year-old Ediacaran Biota were so exceptionally preserved. Boulder, Colo.

The team documented nearly every known Ediacaran animal’s environment, body size, diet, ability to move, and habits. With this project, the researchers sought to disprove the charge that the major ...

In a hillside in Yunnan province, southwest China, paleontologists have pulled more than 700 fossils from rock that is roughly 554 million years old. The collection, known as the Jiangchuan Biota, ...

In the red-brown siltstones of Yunnan province, southwest China, paleontologists have found something that was not supposed to be there: worm-shaped animals with bilateral symmetry, preserved ...

What did the first major extinction of animal life look like, back when complex creatures were still new to the planet? A new fossil analysis suggests it was not a slow fade, but a sharp crash that ...

In the mid-20th century, geologist Reg Sprigg made a stunning discovery in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges. Under the searing outback sun, he unearthed delicate impressions made by animals that ...

A new study by Virginia Tech geobiologists traces the cause of the first known mass extinction of animals to decreased global oxygen availability, leading to the loss of a majority of animals present ...