Ancient trackways in seabed mud show animals moved purposefully 10 million years before the Cambrian Explosion.

Many major groups of animals that have become a mainstay in modern times first appeared during the Cambrian Explosion.

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

A new fossil study reveals that teeth began as skin sensors, helping explain why modern teeth still react painfully to cold ...

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

Paleontologist and Geologist Dr. Ken Lacovara joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about fossils. Can we ...

In a quiet part of what is now South Australia, more than half a billion years ago, life was locked in battle. The ocean ...

This discovery reconciles a major gap between predictions based on molecular data and the lack of described ecdysozoans prior to the rich Cambrian fossils record and adds to our understanding of ...

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 ...

It was during the Cambrian that the first clear examples of aquatic members of modern animal groups appear for the first time. The new fossils that the paleontologists found may be among Earth’s ...

Reaching almost two feet in length, Anomalocaris was one of the largest animals found in the famed Burgess Shale, which preserve a wealth of Cambrian fossils.

Harvard researchers identified a rare, soft-tissue fossil from western Utah as the oldest tunicate species on record.