A newly described species from the Burgess Shale had three eyes, clawed limbs, and a tail full of gills—plus internal organs preserved in stunning detail. Reading time 3 minutes A newly described ...

More than half a billion years ago, the Grand Canyon was not the arid landscape we know today but a shallow, tropical sea teeming with strange life. Now, scientists have uncovered a remarkable fossil ...

Scientists have recently unearthed remnants of a formidable ancient predator lurking beneath Greenland's icy terrain. Meet Timorebestia koprii (translated to 'terror ...

It’s clear they knew the Cambrian seas were better with friends. This isn’t just about old bones; it’s a lesson in teamwork that’s older than Harvard Business School. Their early animal behavior shows ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A newly discovered three-eyed relative is disappointingly ...

Five hundred million years ago, tacos existed. But they weren’t corn or flour; they were the hard-shelled coverings on a now-extinct sea creature, Odaraia alata. According to new research, the ...

More than 100 years ago, Charles Doolittle Walcott from the Smithsonian Institution was asked to examine strange star-shaped fossils with lobes hailing from the ~ 514-million-year-old Conasauga ...