How and why the Cambrian explosion occurred has been the subject of debate ever since fossils of this remarkable event were ...

New technology has helped a team of scientists uncover more than 20 microscopic fossils, including a species previously ...

Having your period can be a painful experience. Period pain, also known as dysmenorrhea, is a very common condition with around nine in ten young women aged 13 to 25 in Australia having regular period ...

Set in Portobelo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site, the resort offers exceptional scuba diving, rainforest hikes, and abundant wildlife. The resort’s own farm provides many of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After an ancient extinction killed about 85% of marine species, survivors in isolated refuges helped jawed vertebrates diversify ...

About 445 million years ago, Earth’s oceans turned into a danger zone. Glaciers spread across the supercontinent Gondwana, and shallow seas shrank fast. Ocean chemistry also shifted hard. In what ...

A pair of Sacabambaspis fish, around 35 cm in length, which had distinct, forward-facing eyes and an armored head. No fossils of animals like Sacabambaspis from after the Late Ordovician Mass ...

A pair of Sacabambaspis fish, around 35 cm in length, which had distinct, forward-facing eyes and an armored head. No fossils of animals like Sacabambaspis from after the Late Ordovician Mass ...

Artistic reconstruction of shallow marine faunas from the early Palaeozoic Era of North Dakota, spanning the Early (Left) to Middle (Right) Ordovician Period. Image credit: Franz Anthony (artist). The ...

Scientists have uncovered that a parasite still found in oysters today has been infecting bivalves for hundreds of millions of years. Using high-resolution 3D scans, researchers found intriguing ...