The Ediacara Biota are some of the strangest fossils ever found—soft-bodied organisms preserved in remarkable detail where preservation shouldn’t be possible. Scientists now think their survival in ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists believe they’ve deduced why prehistoric Ediacara Biota fossils have remained preserved for millions of years. The fossils of these ...

Scientists analyzing 443-million-year-old Scottish fossils have uncovered the early evidence that some of the first groups of vertebrates possessed surprisingly advanced eyes and traces of bone, ...

Just over half a billion years ago, Earth was rocked by a global mass extinction event, a dramatic interruption of the Cambrian explosion of life on Earth. What happened next, in the direct aftermath ...

A 30,000-year-old fossilized vulture, buried beneath volcanic ash in Italy, has unveiled an unexpected scientific breakthrough. Unlike typical fossils found in sedimentary rock, this specimen is ...

Beneath quiet farmland in New South Wales, researchers stumbled upon a site that defies scientific expectations. Hidden within layers of deep red, iron-rich rock, long overlooked by fossil hunters, ...