A completely new order of marine sponges has been found by researchers at the Museum of Evolution, Uppsala University. The sponge order, named Vilesida, produces substances that could be used in drug ...
Scientists revisiting mysterious 540-million-year-old microfossils from Brazil have overturned a major idea about early animal life. What were once thought to be trails left behind by tiny worm-like ...
A remarkable discovery of a fossil "treasure trove" in China has pushed back the origins of animals at least four million years. The find, described as "exciting" by researchers, includes the remains ...