Half a billion years ago, the first true eye emerged in Earth’s oceans. Fossils now reveal what that ancient crystal vision could actually see.

F or the first time, chitin has been identified in a Cambrian Period trilobite. The unexpected discovery could be useful for ...

Colourful illustrations by Peter Trusler depict 500m-year-old fossils of creatures from the Palaeozoic and inspire Australia Post Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast ...

In the realm of paleontology, discoveries that connect our understanding of ancient life to modern organisms provide invaluable insights into evolutionary history. Recently, scientists unveiled a ...

Firefighters work to put out a fully involved fire that leveled the golf cart garage at Cambrian Hills Golf Course at 1137 Municipal Road, Hastings, on Wednesday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick ...

The quest to discover Earth’s first animal is a journey through deep time. It leads us to ancient seas where life began its complex dance. The debate centers on two candidates: sponges and comb ...

The Cambrian explosion, over 500 million years ago, gave rise to many bizarre and complex life forms. Some were short-lived and mysterious, and vanished without a trace. Others left behind fossils so ...

The authors present 16 new well-preserved specimens from the early Cambrian Chengjiang biota. These specimens potentially represent a new taxon which could be useful in sorting out the problematic ...

You probably don’t think twice when you queue up at the grocery store or join a conga line at a wedding. But this type of single-file organization is a sophisticated form of collective social behavior ...