As alien as these creatures seem, they are also surprisingly ... This stunning and unique evolutionary flowering is termed the "Cambrian explosion," taking the name of the geological age in ...

With the explosion of life in Earth’s seas ... which looked similar to a modern lamprey’s mouth. These strange Cambrian creatures, which quickly evolved all sorts of odd solutions to surviving ...

During the era of the Cambrian Explosion, some animals evolved to be able to create their own exoskeleton, a process known as sclerotization. Sea creatures went from being soft and flexible to ...

The Cambrian Explosion saw an incredible diversity of ... These toughened-up creatures represented a crucial innovation: hard bodies offering animals both a defense against enemies and a framework ...

Wormy creatures had long been wriggling along ... factor that brought oblivion to the Ediacarans and triggered the Cambrian explosion—there also were changes in ocean chemistry that allowed ...

Researchers think there are now around 7.7 million animal species living on Earth, with thousands more discovered every year.

Most creatures were blind, so colour was of little use ... This dramatic increase in animal diversity, 545 to 530 million years ago, is known as the Cambrian explosion. The evolution of the eye is ...

The study, led by the American Museum of Natural History, reveals the dynamic between a small, shelled creature known ... as a major driver of the Cambrian explosion, especially with regard ...

known as the ‘Cambrian explosion’. He explains a speculative theory that the evolution of creatures with eyes, such as trilobites, triggered the evolution of more complex forms of life.