Fossils offer a glimpse into Earth's ancient life, revealing the origins and evolution of complex organisms. Discoveries like ...

The Cambrian explosion saw life take on a staggering array of forms around 539 million years ago, a few of which are recognizable as the ancestors of modern branches of the tree of life.

The Cambrian explosion, as it is called, produced arthropods with legs and compound eyes, worms with feathery gills and swift predators that could crush prey in tooth-rimmed jaws.

The Cambrian explosion, as it is called, produced arthropods with legs and compound eyes, worms with feathery gills and swift predators that could crush prey in tooth-rimmed jaws.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The so-called Cambrian Explosion – a critical juncture in the history of life on Earth when a dizzying array of animals first burst onto the scene half a billion … ...

The Cambrian explosion, in other words, was just one burst in the middle of a protracted fireworks display. “I think it’s a valuable reframing of the story,” says Phoebe Cohen , a ...

The underwater hunter prowled the seas during the Cambrian period — a critical juncture in the planet’s history when there was an explosion in the diversity of life and many major animal ...

Paleontologists discover a 500-million-year-old, 3-eyed predator Fossils of the underwater predator shed new light on biodiversity from the Cambrian period. NPR Science ...

An ancient marine predator preferred a diet of soft-bodied prey. The 500-million-year-old invertebrate Anomalocaris was one of the biggest predators of its time. But despite its fearsome reputation in ...

A new analysis of the extinct marine animal Anomalocaris canadensis suggests the Cambrian hunter was more of a weakling than once assumed.