The Cambrian explosion, long hailed as one of the most significant events in the history of life on Earth, has now been ...

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

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

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It’s called the Cambrian Explosion, and it turned the largest environment on the planet from a vast open sea to a packed ecosystem. Some of the new species look similar to their modern-day ...

500 million years ago, the world was a very different place. During this period of time, known as the Cambrian period, basically all life was in the water. The ocean was brimming with animals that ...

Carnivorous worms may sound like something straight out of the popular blockbuster Dune, but this newly described species was found much closer to home. Fossils of the new species, now called ...

500 million years ago, the world was a very different place. During this period of time, known as the Cambrian period, basically all life was in the water.

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.

The Cambrian explosion is commonly referred to as evolution's Big Bang. The Cambrian Period began some 543 million years ago. Astonishing fossil records reveal the first appearance of various marine ...