Gizmodo

This Three-Eyed Sea Moth From the Cambrian Looks Like a Kaiju and Breathes Through Its Butt

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 ...
The New York Times

This Fossil’s 3 Eyes Are Not Its Most Surprising Feature

Cambrian Period creatures known as sea moths seemed alien because of their additional eye, but a study finds anatomical features more in line with modern animals. An artist’s impression of Mosura ...
Gizmodo

Ancient Arthropod Was Shaped Like a Taco and Swam Upside-Down

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 ...
Indiatimes

In 1909, an explorer found strange markings in the rock and unearthed the Burgess Shale, a 500-million-year-old secret

Imagine the last day of your mountain trip, the sun setting, the packs packed, your thoughts turning to your journey home. It was at such a time that Charles Doolittle Walcott, Secretary of the ...