Researchers formally describe Helmetia expansa, offering new insights into its anatomy, behavior and evolutionary relationships.

For over a century, scientists have been puzzled by a mysterious fossil called Helmetia expansa, an ancient arthropod from ...

Scientists say these are all markers of animal consciousness, a sign that animals, from Labrador retrievers to cuttlefish to ...

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Researchers reveal Prototaxites, a giant Devonian fossil, was not a fungus or plant but a unique extinct lineage.

This was also the time when animal diversity boomed, in what is known as the "Cambrian explosion". My team's new research suggests that these drastic oxygen fluctuations played a crucial role in this ...

Our study suggests a similar pattern played out in the Cambrian. Animals evolved ways to cope with the stress of fluctuating oxygen levels on the smorgasbord of the shallow seafloor shelves.

This was also the time when animal diversity boomed, in what is known as the "Cambrian explosion". My team's new research suggests that these drastic oxygen fluctuations played a crucial role in this ...