Paleontologists have discovered a three-eyed creature with a pencil sharpener-like mouth that roamed the sea for prey more ...

Earth's magnetic field was so weak it almost disappeared. Then, seemingly out of nowhere, complex life emerged.

Paleontologists have discovered that a three-eyed sea moth predator lived on Earth half a billion years ago with evidence ...

A newly discovered arthropod fossil, Mosura fentoni, has preserved eyes, nerves, and blood vessels - a rare insight into ...

were among the most successful organisms ever to populate Earth. These familiar marine arthropods first arose about 545 million years ago in the early Cambrian and thrived throughout the world's ...

This discovery pushed back the timeline for when animals first appeared on Earth. The Cambrian Explosion: A Burst of Life The Cambrian Explosion, which occurred around 541 million years ago ...

If I were to ask you what was unusual about Mosura fentoni, you probably wouldn’t know where to start. It looks a bit like a ...

Some of the earliest members of the group were the radiodonts, whose members include famous species like Anomalocaris. While ...

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A new study led by our Earth Sciences department has made a surprising discovery about a mysterious fossil from the Cambrian period — over 500 million years ago.