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 ...

The Union Island gecko is a tiny, breathtakingly beautiful lizard distinguished by jewel-like markings. It is named after a small Caribbean island belonging to St Vincent and the Grenadines, lying ...

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

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

He soon discovered that biologist Bruno Becker Kerber, from the Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), in Campinas, was also preparing a review article about Ediacaran fauna, and they decided ...

Recycling of phosphorus played a role in Ediacaran ocean oxygenation events, according to an analysis of phosphorus speciation from black shales of the Doushantuo Formation, South China.

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