Newfound fossils from China suggest that complex animals were around millions of years earlier than thought, among them ...

Hundreds of Chinese fossils from the dawn of animal evolution may change how scientists think of this critical period of ...

A treasure trove of fossils from China shows that the Cambrian explosion may have been less explosive than scientists once ...

The groundwater flowing through the subterranean cave systems of central Texas are vital for both farming and daily life.

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Nautilus and Allonautilus cephalopods and their extinct ancestors have been drifting through the mesophotic zone of the ocean ...

Researchers found a long-lost ice age ecosystem in Bender's Cave, Texas ...

A remarkable fossil discovery in southwest China is rewriting the story of how complex animal life began, showing that many key animal groups appeared millions of years earlier than scientists once ...

Fossils in China show that complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, changing our understanding of how life ...

This research shows how close examination of even microscopic fossils can reveal large-scale patterns such as ocean ...

They found remains of animals that have never been uncovered in Central Texas. The fossils hint that the region was warm, ...

Some of the most ancient fossils collected to date were traced back to the Ediacaran period. This is the time interval ranging from around 635 to 541 million years ago, shortly before the time when ...