A fossil with eyes on stalks and a clawed trunk, the Tully monster has defied classification for over 70 years—and still has ...

The conodont Wurmiella excavata was said to have had razor-sharp structures that processed prey from left to right, rather ...

"Animals, plants, seaweed, and foraminifera are all eukaryotes. We were interested in studying this foraminifera because it thrives in a very similar environment to Earth during the Precambrian, a ...

A 2024 study posits that a mysterious animal found in San rock art is actually a reconstruction of a dicynodont.

An in-depth analysis of marine eukaryotic fossils, organisms whose cells contain a nucleus, has provided a better understanding of the evolution of life on Earth. This research shows that the first ...

The cell theory Hints at the idea that the cell is the basic component of living organisms emerged well before 1838–39, which was when the cell theory was officially formulated.