Fossils from China reveal complex animals existed before the Cambrian explosion, reshaping the timeline of early animal ...

A remarkable assemblage of fossils from China is revealing that animal life diversified in Earth's primordial seas millions ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...

Newly discovered fossils have given scientists their first real glimpse of when Earth made a crucial transition from plants and unrecognizably simple animals to the complex creatures that ...

When the environment changes dramatically, animals from mollusks to crows can make big changes in their behavior that enable ...

The most striking finds were fossils thought to be the oldest known deuterostomes — the broad biological group that includes ...

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

Scientists have discovered fossils in China that reveal a crucial transition from simple to complex life on Earth ...

The transition from water to land is a question that still intrigues scientists. Those ancient organisms would have needed to ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

Animals that adapt behaviorally may evolve physically more slowly, showing resilience rather than weakness in changing ...

The discovery of why some birds emit more heat than others can be used for both conservation and the creation of ...