The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of ...

A new study of ancient fossil trails pushes the origins of complex life deeper into Earth’s history, before the Cambrian Period began.

New fossil evidence suggests the Cambrian Explosion, once thought to have occurred 530 million years ago, may have begun 15 million years earlier.

The Cambrian explosion was an extraordinary phenomenon in the evolution of life on the planet that led to the emergence of ...

Rather than a constant upward trajectory of evolution, it’s been billions of years of boom-and-bust cycles – first an explosion of life, and then a mass extinction of all but the most hardy hangers-on ...

University of Missouri researchers find Earth's ancient animal reefs were surprisingly sparse compared to their modern ...

This discovery pushed back the timeline for when animals first appeared on Earth. The Cambrian Explosion: A Burst of Life. The Cambrian Explosion, which occurred around 541 million years ago, ...

This seems to have solved the mystery of how the starfish got its arms. But it doesn’t necessarily answer the ‘why’. Imran ...

Violet coloured traps are better at controlling flies than traditional blue and black ones, according to new research.