You might have heard of vagina dentata — the mythical "toothed vagina" born of male paranoia. But have you heard of the carnivorous penis-shaped worm known as Ottoia prolifica? This 505-million ...

Bizarre 505-Million-Year-Old Spiky Worm Has Living Descendants. Complete the form below to listen to the audio version of this article.

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

Experts analyzed 170 trace fossils from millions of years before the Cambrian Period and assert that advanced features may have been a reality before the explosion.

The velvet worm, a squishy little predator that looks like the stretch-limo version of a caterpillar, has a whimsical MO: it administers death by Silly String. In the leaf litter of tropical and ...

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

Velvet worms’ lineage dates back to over 500 million years ago., making it a living relic of the Cambrian period. ... a new species of velvet worm, now named Peripatopsis barnardi.

Of all the bugs New Zealanders could have selected to win an international competition, they chose neither the prettiest, nor the most useful. The NZ velvet worm won this year’s New Zealand Bug ...

During the Cambrian Explosion more than 500 million years ago, these weird worms — which lived inside long, cone-shaped tubes — were some of the most common predators on the seafloor.